The Siege of Oudenaarde took place in 1452. It was one of the major engagements in the Revolt of Ghent (1449–53). The city was besieged by forces of the...
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municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Oudenaarde proper and the towns of Bevere, Edelare, Eine, Ename...
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supported by 16 English mercenaries. At the siege of Oudenaarde, which lasted 12 to 13 days, the army of Ghent used one of the largest artillery bombardments to...
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Dulle Griet (category History of Ghent)
of the 15th century from 32 longitudinal bars enclosed by 61 rings. In 1452, the bombard was employed by the city of Ghent in the siege of Oudenaarde...
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of Oudenaarde Siege of Lier (1582) Siege of Eindhoven (1583) Battle of Steenbergen (1583) Capture of Aalst (1584) Siege of Ghent (1583–1584) Siege of Brussel...
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of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also Map all coordinates in "Category:Battles of...
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campaign. He was in the 1452 Siege of Oudenaarde, and in a battle close to Termonde. In 1454 he assisted at the Feast of the Pheasant. In 1461 Wolfert...
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commanding the siege works at the 1745 siege of Tournay, fighting at the French victory at Fontenoy and serving at the sieges of Oudenaarde and Dendermonde...
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The Battle of Oudenarde, also known as the Battle of Oudenaarde, was a major engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession, pitting a Grand Alliance...
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Adam Frans van der Meulen (category People of the War of Devolution)
55-4), p. 190 (in French) Adam Frans van der Meulen and Workshop, Siege of Oudenaarde at Alexis Bordes Inga Morris, Adam Franz Van Der Meulen (1632-1690)...
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Jean II de Croÿ (redirect from Jean II de Croy, Prince of Chimay)
complete failure of the expedition. During the Revolt of Ghent (1449–1453), he lifted the siege of Oudenaarde and in 1453, he defeated William I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel...
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of Johann Karl, Palatine Count of Birkenfeld, and was present at the sieges of Oudenaarde, Grave (1674) and Philippsburg (1676). After the Treaty of Nijmegen...
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honours of war by Marshal Saxe and withdrew towards Oudenaarde. The citadel was then reduced to rubble by the French. Having lasted 47 days, the siege of Tournai...
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battle of Oudenaarde. Bernaldo de Quirós, a Spanish nobleman who had sided with the Allies after the battle of Ramillies, proposed the siege of Mons and...
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Charles I de Lalaing (redirect from Charles I of Lalaing)
From 1504 on he was governor of Oudenaarde. When Charles V spent six weeks at Charles of Lalaing's estates during the Siege of Tournai in 1521, he met Charles'...
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The siege of Tournai was a siege of the city of Tournai, then part of the Kingdom of France, between 28 June and 3 September 1709. A Grand Alliance army...
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yield, he withdrew. Louis renewed the siege of Luxembourg in April 1684, assisted by his technical expert on siege warfare, Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban...
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The siege of Luxembourg, in which Louis XIV of France (husband of Maria Theresa of Spain) laid siege to the Spanish-controlled Fortress of Luxembourg from...
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The siege of Mons of 1572 took place at Mons, capital of the County of Hainaut, Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium), between 23 June and 19 September...
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(1579), Tournai (1581), Oudenaarde (1582), Dunkirk (1583), Bruges (1584), Ghent (1584), and Antwerp (1585). The States General of the northern provinces...
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positioned his troops between Tournai and Oudenaarde to guard the river while still affording them a good route of retreat to Holland if needed. After getting...
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Battle of Oudenaarde on 11 July 1708 demoralised the French army in Flanders; his eye for ground, his sense of timing and his keen knowledge of the enemy...
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The siege of Eindhoven, also known as the capture of Eindhoven of 1583, took place between 7 February and 23 April 1583 at Eindhoven, Duchy of Brabant...
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The siege of Grave took place from 25 July to 27 October in 1674 during the Franco-Dutch War of 1672 to 1678, when a Dutch army captured the Dutch fortress...
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Halewyn's garrison at Oudenaarde. Artevelde left a skeleton force to continue the siege and deployed the main part of his force west of Lille. On 12 November...
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The siege of Ypres (1–18 June 1794) saw a Republican French army commanded by Jean-Charles Pichegru invest the fortress of Ypres and its 7,000-man garrison...
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Ramillies in 1706, and at Oudenaarde in 1708, and distinguished himself at the Siege of Lille. He commanded at the siege of Aire in 1710, led Marlborough's...
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Godfrey: Arnulf II, Lord of Oudenaarde, died in the fighting near Ascalon, and was buried at the abbey of Jehosaphat Gotmann of Brussels. The following...
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Pichegru's Army of the North had been menacing the Duke of York's forces on the Scheldt at Oudenaarde, but was ordered at the end of June to move to the...
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and after a failed attempt to capture Oudenaarde, largely due to obstructionism from de Souches, he was relieved of command. Frustrated, William joined...
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