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The Battle of the Dunes, fought on 14 June (Gregorian calendar), 1658, is also known as the Battle of Dunkirk. It was a victory of the French army and their Commonwealth of England allies, under Turenne, one of the great generals of his age, over the Spanish army and their English Royalist and French Fronde rebels, led by John of Austria the Younger and Louis II de Condé. It was part of the Franco-Spanish War and the concurrent Anglo-Spanish War, and was fought near Dunkirk (Dutch for 'Church in the dunes') a fortified port city on the coast of the English Channel in what was then the Southern Netherlands that belonged to Hapsburg Spain. The French army had laid siege to Dunkirk and the Spanish army was attempting to raise the siege.

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  • Battle of the Dunes (1658)
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  • The Battle of the Dunes, fought on 14 June (Gregorian calendar), 1658, is also known as the Battle of Dunkirk. It was a victory of the French army and their Commonwealth of England allies, under Turenne, one of the great generals of his age, over the Spanish army and their English Royalist and French Fronde rebels, led by John of Austria the Younger and Louis II de Condé. It was part of the Franco-Spanish War and the concurrent Anglo-Spanish War, and was fought near Dunkirk (Dutch for 'Church in the dunes') a fortified port city on the coast of the English Channel in what was then the Southern Netherlands that belonged to Hapsburg Spain. The French army had laid siege to Dunkirk and the Spanish army was attempting to raise the siege.
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  • 9000(xsd:integer)
  • 15000(xsd:integer)
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Partof
  • and Anglo-Spanish War
  • the Franco-Spanish War
Date
  • 1658-06-14(xsd:date)
Commander
Caption
  • 1698(xsd:integer)
  • Galerie des Batailles, Palace of Versailles.
  • La Bataille des Dunes by Charles-Philippe Larivière.
  • In the foreground is the French commander Turenne on a Skewbald horse. 300px|Battle of the Dunes 1658
  • Showing the Spanish deployment at top and French below.
Casualties
  • 400(xsd:integer)
  • 1000(xsd:integer)
Result
  • Decisive Anglo-French victory
combatant
  • Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
  • border|23px Royalists of the British Isles
Place
  • Near Dunkirk, Spanish Netherlands
Conflict
  • Battle of the Dunes
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  • The Battle of the Dunes, fought on 14 June (Gregorian calendar), 1658, is also known as the Battle of Dunkirk. It was a victory of the French army and their Commonwealth of England allies, under Turenne, one of the great generals of his age, over the Spanish army and their English Royalist and French Fronde rebels, led by John of Austria the Younger and Louis II de Condé. It was part of the Franco-Spanish War and the concurrent Anglo-Spanish War, and was fought near Dunkirk (Dutch for 'Church in the dunes') a fortified port city on the coast of the English Channel in what was then the Southern Netherlands that belonged to Hapsburg Spain. The French army had laid siege to Dunkirk and the Spanish army was attempting to raise the siege.
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