Battle of Arras (1654)

Battle of Arras
Part of the Franco-Spanish War
Date 23-25 August 1654 Location Arras (present-day France) Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Vicomte de Turenne Abraham de Fabert Henri de La Ferté-Senneterre	Prince de Condé Leopold Wilhelm

The Battle of Arras, fought on August 25, 1654, was a victory of a French army under Turenne against a Spanish army commanded by Don Ferdinand de Salis and Condé. The place, held by a French garrison, was besieged by the Spaniards under the Great Conde. A relief army under Turenne attacked the Spanish lines and totally routed them with a loss of approximately 3,000 men. Conde succeeded in rallying the remainder of his army and made a masterful retreat to Cambray.

Cyrano de Bergerac, who is the subject of the classic French play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, participated in a siege of Arras in 1640, and not the battle of 1654.