Battle of Turckheim (1675)

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The Battle of Turckheim (1675) was a major engagement of the Franco-Dutch War in which French forces under Marshal Turenne decisively defeated a larger Imperial army in Alsace, securing France’s eastern frontier.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
commandedBy Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
conflictOf Franco-Dutch War
followedBy French reoccupation of Alsace
hasAlternativeName Bataille de Turckheim
linked to: Battle of Turckheim

Battle of Turckheim
hasApproximateStrength French army: about 30,000 men
Imperial army: about 40,000–50,000 men
hasBelligerent Brandenburg-Prussia
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of France
hasBelligerentSide French side: Kingdom of France
linked to: Kingdom of France

Imperial side: Brandenburg-Prussia
Imperial side: Holy Roman Empire
hasCasualties French casualties: several thousand (approximate)
Imperial casualties: several thousand (approximate)
hasCommander Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
hasCommanderForSide France: Turenne
hasConflictType land battle
hasCountry France
hasDate 1675-01-05
5 January 1675
hasFront Rhine front of the Franco-Dutch War
hasHistoricalEra Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period
hasHistoricalPeriod 17th century
hasLocation Alsace
Kingdom of France
Turckheim
hasOpposingCommander Alexander von Bournonville
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
hasOutcome decisive French victory
hasRegion Upper Rhine
hasResult French victory
hasTheatre Upper Rhine theatre
hasYear 1675
involves Brandenburg-Prussian contingents
linked to: Prussian Army

French Army
Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire
notableFor Turenne’s flanking march through the Vosges
defeat of a numerically superior Imperial army
use of winter manoeuvres
partOf Franco-Dutch War
partOfCampaign Turenne’s winter campaign of 1674–1675
precededBy Imperial invasion of Alsace (1674)
strategicEffect drove Imperial forces out of Alsace
restored French control over Alsace
secured France’s eastern frontier

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