Battle of Honnecourt

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Battle of Honnecourt
Part of the Thirty Years' War
Date May 26, 1642
Location Honnecourt-sur-Escaut, present-day Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Flag of France France Spain
Commanders
Jean François de La Guiche Francisco de Melo
Strength
7,000 infantry
3,000 cavalry
10 guns		 13,000 infantry
6,000 cavalry
20 guns
Casualties and losses
3,200 dead
500 wounded
3,400 captured		 500 dead or wounded
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Thirty Years' War
Plzeň – Záblati – Dolní Věstonice – White Mountain – Bergen-op-Zoom – Wiesloch – Wimpfen – Höchst – Fleurus – Stadtlohn – Breda – Dessau Bridge – Lutter am Barenberge – Groenlo – Stralsund – Wolgast – Frankfurt – Magdeburg – Werben – 1st Breitenfeld – Rain – Fürth – Alte Veste – Lützen – Oldendorf – Nördlingen – Wittstock – Rheinfelden – Breisach – Chemnitz – The Downs – La Marfée – Honnecourt – 2nd Breitenfeld – Rocroi – Tuttlingen – Freiburg – Jüterbog – Jankov – Hulst – Mergentheim – 2nd Nördlingen – Zusmarshausen – Lens – Prague

The Battle of Honnecourt was a battle of the Thirty Years' War fought on May 26, 1642. The Spanish, led by Francisco de Melo, were victorious over the French under Marshal de La Guiche.

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