Conflict: Nine Years' War
Combatants: Allies vs. French
Location: Belgium
Outcome: French victory
On August 3rd of 1692, William of Orange with English, Danish and Scottish allies marched over night to attack the French army of the Duc de Luxembourg and his Swiss allies at Steenkerque. William's 15,000 troops initially met with some success against the Swiss contingent but were thrown back by French counterattacks. By midday, William's allied army was in retreat having suffered some 8,000 casualties.
Points of Interest:
About 4,000 of the 8,000 Allied casualties at Steenkerque were British and included two generals.
The British losses at Steenkerque constituted half of all that nation's forces in continental Europe at the time.
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Sources:
Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt, & Bongard, David L. (1992). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military Biography. New York: Castle Books (HarperCollins).
Dupuy, R. Ernest & Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: HarperCollins.
Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
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