Battle of Valenciennes (1656)

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The Battle of Valenciennes (1656) was a major engagement of the Franco-Spanish War in which Spanish forces decisively defeated a French army attempting to capture the fortified city of Valenciennes in the Spanish Netherlands.

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Battle of Valenciennes (1656) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent France ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
conflictIn Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) ⓘ
conflictType field battle near a fortified city ⓘ
country Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
date 1656 ⓘ
defended Valenciennes ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
followedBy continued Franco-Spanish hostilities until 1659 ⓘ
hasParticipant Habsburg Spain ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Spanish Monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy

Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
hasResult Spanish victory ⓘ
hasYear 1656 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period
isAssociatedWith fortified city warfare ⓘ
isInChronologyOf battles of the Franco-Spanish War ⓘ
isNamedAfter Valenciennes ⓘ
isPartOf wars of Louis XIV era ⓘ
isRelatedEventOf siege operations around Valenciennes in 1656 ⓘ
isSiegeRelated yes ⓘ
location Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
Valenciennes ⓘ
present-day France ⓘ
militaryFront land warfare ⓘ
objective capture of Valenciennes by French forces ⓘ
opponent France ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
outcome decisive Spanish victory ⓘ
partOf Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) ⓘ
precededBy earlier French offensives in the Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
relatedTo Treaty of the Pyrenees ⓘ
strategicImportance defence of a key fortress in the Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
theatreOfWar Low Countries ⓘ
wasAttemptedBy French army ⓘ
linked to: French Army
wasDefenceOf Valenciennes ⓘ
wasRepulsedBy Spanish forces ⓘ

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Don John of Austria the Younger → notableBattle → Battle of Valenciennes (1656) ⓘ