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The Battle of Rocroi, fought on 19 May 1643, was a major engagement of the Thirty Years' War between a French army, led by the 21-year-old Duke of Enghien (later known as the Great Condé) and Spanish forces under General Francisco de Melo only five days after the accession of Louis XIV to the throne of France after his father 's death.
Rocroi, autrefois Rocroy [2], est une commune française située dans le département des Ardennes, en région Grand Est. Décidée par le roi François Ier, la construction des fortifications de Rocroy est réalisée sous Henri II à partir de 1555. Rocroy est l'exemple d'une première fortification rasante.
Rocroi, ancient fortress town, Ardennes département, Grand Est région, northeastern France. It lies 4 miles (6 km) from the Belgian frontier. The great bastions surrounding the small town in the form of a pentagon have been preserved intact and offer an excellent example of 16th- to 17th-century military architecture.
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La bataille de Rocroi a lieu le 19 mai 1643 pendant la guerre de Trente Ans. Elle met aux prises l’armée des Flandres, armée espagnole commandée par Francisco de Melo, qui assiégeait Rocroi, et l’armée de Picardie, armée française menée par Louis de Bourbon, duc d'Enghien (le futur Grand Condé).
- 19 mai 1643
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May 12, 2024 · Battle of Rocroi, (May 19, 1643), a military engagement of the Thirty Years’ War in which a French army of 22,000 men, under the Duke d’Enghien (later known as the Great Condé), annihilated a Spanish army of 26,000 men under Don Francisco de Melo, marking the end of Spain’s military ascendancy in Europe.
The siege of Rocroi was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War, it was held in January 4 to the 6th, 1871 at Rocroi which was a bastion of France located to the west of Sedan. After an artillery fire by the Prussian army, [4] the officer commanding the French troops at Rocroi was forced to surrender the Division Militia under General Schuler and ...
