Battle of Honnecourt

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The Battle of Honnecourt was a 1642 engagement of the Thirty Years' War in which Spanish forces defeated the French army in northern France.

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Bataille d'Honnecourt 1
Battle of Honnecourt canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of France ⓘ
Spanish Monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy

Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
cause French attempts to advance in the Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
combatant French army ⓘ
linked to: French Army

Spanish forces ⓘ
commander Antoine III de Gramont ⓘ
Francisco de Melo ⓘ
Jean de Gassion ⓘ
conflict Thirty Years' War ⓘ
coordinateSystem Gregorian calendar ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
date 26 May 1642 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Rocroi ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Bataille d'Honnecourt ⓘ
hasParticipant Army of Flanders ⓘ
French royal army ⓘ
linked to: French royal forces
involved artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
location Honnecourt-sur-Escaut ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
notableFor Spanish tactical victory over larger French force ⓘ
temporary restoration of Spanish prestige in the Low Countries ⓘ
partOf Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) ⓘ
Habsburg–Bourbon rivalry ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ
campaigns in the Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
precededBy Siege of Arras (1640) ⓘ
result Spanish victory ⓘ
significance checked French momentum after earlier victories ⓘ
did not reverse long-term French strategic advantage ⓘ
theatre Western Front of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
Early modern period ⓘ
year 1642 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Francisco de Melo → participatedIn → Battle of Honnecourt ⓘ
Battle of Honnecourt → hasNameInLanguage → Bataille d'Honnecourt ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Honnecourt