Battle of Fleurus | |||||||
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Part of the Nine Years' War | |||||||
Battle of Fleurus, Pierre-Denis Martin | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France |
Dutch Republic Spain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Luxembourg | Waldeck | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
30,000[1] 35,000[2] 40,000[3] 70 guns |
30,000[4] 37,800–38,000[5] 90 guns | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,600[6] 6,000[7] 7,000[8] |
11,000[9] 19,000–21,000[10] |
The Battle of Fleurus, fought on 1 July 1690 near Fleurus, then part of the Spanish Netherlands, now in modern Belgium, was a major engagement of the Nine Years' War. A French army led by Marshall Luxembourg defeated an Allied force under Waldeck.
Luxembourg's victory had limited strategic impact, since Louis XIV of France ordered him to end his campaign in the Spanish Netherlands, and instead reinforce the Dauphin on the Rhine. This gave the Allies time to withdraw to Brussels, and rebuild their army.