Battle of Landen

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The Battle of Landen was a major engagement of the Nine Years' War in 1693, in which French forces under Louis XIV’s general the Duke of Luxembourg defeated the Allied army led by William III of England in the Spanish Netherlands.

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Battle of Landen canonical 11
Battle of Landen (1693) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
AlliedCasualties very heavy casualties ⓘ
AlliedCommanderTitle King of England ⓘ
Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
AlliedForcesStrength approximately 50,000–60,000 soldiers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Neerwinden ⓘ
Battle of Neerwinden (1693) ⓘ
belligerent Dutch Republic ⓘ
Grand Alliance ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
campaign 1693 campaign in the Low Countries ⓘ
commander Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
William III of England ⓘ
William III of Orange ⓘ
conflict Nine Years' War ⓘ
conflictType early modern European land battle ⓘ
countryAtTime Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
date 29 July 1693 ⓘ
era late 17th century ⓘ
followedBy later campaigns in the Low Countries ⓘ
FrenchCasualties heavy casualties ⓘ
FrenchCommanderServedUnder Louis XIV of France ⓘ
FrenchForcesStrength approximately 80,000 soldiers ⓘ
involvedMonarch Louis XIV of France ⓘ
location Brabant ⓘ
Landen ⓘ
Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
notableFeature French assault on Allied fortified positions ⓘ
intense cavalry fighting ⓘ
multiple French frontal attacks ⓘ
opposingCommander Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
William III of England ⓘ
outcome Allied army forced to retreat ⓘ
partOf Nine Years' War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Steenkerque ⓘ
presentDayLocation Belgium ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
strategicConsequence French temporary dominance in the Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
did not lead to decisive end of Nine Years' War ⓘ
theatre Flanders campaign ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ
weaponry cavalry sabres and pistols ⓘ
field artillery ⓘ
muskets and pikes ⓘ
year 1693 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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Battle of Steinkirk (1692) → followedBy → Battle of Landen ⓘ
Marshal Boufflers → participatedIn → Battle of Landen ⓘ
Patrick Sarsfield → conflict → Battle of Landen ⓘ
Battle of Steenkerque → followedBy → Battle of Landen ⓘ
Huguenot regiments → notableEngagement → Battle of Landen ⓘ
Patrick Sarsfield → diedIn → Battle of Landen ⓘ
subject linked to: Sarsfield
War of the Two Queens → notableBattle → Battle of Landen (1693) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Landen
Battle of Steinkirk → precededBy → Battle of Landen ⓘ