Battle of Honnecourt
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Battle of Honnecourt | |||||||
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Part of the Thirty Years' War | |||||||
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Combatants | |||||||
France | Spain | ||||||
Commanders | |||||||
Jean François de La Guiche | Francisco de Melo | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
7,000 infantry 3,000 cavalry 10 guns |
13,000 infantry 6,000 cavalry 20 guns |
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Casualties | |||||||
3,200 dead 500 wounded 3,400 captured |
500 dead or wounded |
Thirty Years' War |
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Plzeň – Záblati – Dolní Věstonice – White Mountain – Wiesloch – Wimpfen – Höchst – Fleurus – Stadtlohn – Dessau Bridge – Lutter am Barenberge – Stralsund – Wolgast – Frankfurt – Magdeburg – Werben – 1st Breitenfeld – Rain – Fürth – Alte Veste – Lützen – Oldendorf – Nördlingen – Wittstock – Rheinfelden – Breisach – Chemnitz – Honnecourt – 2nd Breitenfeld – Rocroi – Tuttlingen – Freiburg – Jüterbog – Jankov – Mergentheim – 2nd Nördlingen – Zusmarshausen – Lens – Prague |
The Battle of Honnecourt was a battle of the Thirty Years' War fought on May 26, 1642. The Spanish, led by Francisco de Melo, were victorious over the French under Marshal de La Guiche.