The Battle of Steenkerque, also known as Steenkerke, Steenkirk, Steynkirk or Steinkirk was fought on 3 August 1692, during the Nine Years' War, near Steenkerque...
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Brussels and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of Enghien. Steenkerque is notable for the Battle of Steenkerque in 1692 during the Nine Years' War, when France...
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deliberate disarray. The fashion apparently began after troops at the Battle of Steenkerque had no time to tie their cravats properly before going into action...
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Although the French forced the Allies from the field, as with the Battle of Steenkerque the previous year, both sides suffered heavy casualties and Louis...
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field battles; Battle of Seneffe (1674), Battle of Cassel (1677), Battle of Saint-Denis (1678), Battle of the Boyne (1690), Battle of Steenkerque (1692)...
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Roger Elliott (category British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession)
Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701). He was promoted to captain on 1 May 1690. He fought and was wounded at the Battle of Steenkerque on 3 August 1692...
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commander-in-chief, the duc de Luxembourg, to join battle with the Allies in the field, resulting in the bloody Battle of Steenkerque on 3 August. As in 1691, five large...
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Hugh Mackay (military officer) (redirect from Hugh Mackay of Scourie)
spent most of his career in the service of William of Orange and later settled in the Dutch Republic. He was killed at the Battle of Steenkerque in July...
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with the Earl of Angus's Regiment and fought at the Battle of Steenkerque in August 1692. At Steenkerque he rallied his regiment several times when the ranks...
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Braine-le-Comte (category Municipalities of Hainaut (province))
defeated a joint English-Dutch-German army in the Battle of Steenkerque in the current municipality of Braine-le-Comte. The Braine-le-Comte post-office...
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of Battle of Steenkerque Henri, Prince of Condé (1552–1588), French Prince du Sang and Huguenot general Henri, Prince of Condé (1588–1646), member of...
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Henry de Nassau, Lord Overkirk (category Dutch military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession)
French in the Battle of Steenkerque. The next year Overkirk achieved great fame as colonel of the Dutch bodyguard at the Battle of Landen, where he overran...
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served in the French army under Marshal Luxembourg, including at the battles of Steenkerque. Luxembourg fell into William's trap set against superior numbers...
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Ottoman wars in Europe Battle of Steenkerque – 1692 – Nine Years' War Battle of Stiklestad – 1030 – Christianization of Norway Battle of Stirling Bridge –...
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Duke of Chartres pursued an active and distinguished military career, having served at the Battle of Steenkerque in 1692 as well as the Siege of Namur...
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Orkney's Royal Regiment, and he fought with that regiment at the Battle of Steenkerque in August 1692 in the Low Countries during the Nine Years' War.[citation...
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The Battle of the Boyne (Irish: Cath na Bóinne IPA: [ˈkah n̪ˠə ˈbˠoːn̠ʲə]) took place in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II, and those...
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fought the depleted forces of James II in Scotland later that year. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Steenkerque, where it suffered heavy losses...
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Royal Fusiliers (redirect from City of London Regiment)
the Battle of Walcourt in August 1689 before returning home in 1690. It embarked for Flanders later that year and fought at the Battle of Steenkerque in...
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Royal Scots (redirect from Earl of Dumbarton's Regiment of Foot)
fought at the Battle of Steenkerque in 1692, where Sir Robert was killed. They then fought at the Battle of Landen in 1693 and at the Siege of Namur. When...
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was ranked as the 6th Regiment of Horse. It fought at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690 and the Battle of Steenkerque in August 1692 during the Williamite...
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the Battle of Steenkerque in August 1692 in the Low Countries during the Nine Years' War. Rewarded with the colonelcy of the 1st Regiment of Foot in late...
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Louis-François de Boufflers (redirect from Louis François, Duke of Boufflers)
the Battle of Malplaquet. Louis-François was born at Crillon in Oise on 10 January 1644. He entered the army and saw service in 1663 at the Siege of Marsal...
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Daniël van Dopff (category Dutch military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession)
of Steenkerque in 1692 he was among the generals king William asked for advice on the strategy to follow in a council of war. After the death of the...
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experience of battle at the siege of Mons in 1691, the year before his marriage. He fought with great distinction at the Battle of Steenkerque on 3 August...
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Jacques-Louis Comte de Noyelles (category Dutch military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession)
made a major-general and distinguished himself at the Battle of Steenkerque in 1692 and the Battle of Neerwinden in 1693. On 25 October 1694 he was promoted...
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1650–1700 in Western fashion (category History of clothing (Western fashion))
discarded. Also, a new style of cravat made its appearance in the 1690s, the Steinkerk (named after the Battle of Steenkerque in 1692). Before, the cravat...
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François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg (redirect from Francois Henri de Montmorencybouteville, Duke of Luxemburg)
1692 Siege of Namur and repulsed a surprise attack of William at Steenkerque in 1692. On 29 July 1693, won the most famous of his battles over his eternal...
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was the sixth child of Frederick (Württemberg-Neuenstadt). He fought at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 and the Battle of Steenkerque in 1692. In 1693 Ferdinand...
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ensuing darkness of the early morning of 13 July. The battle was described as "quite possibly the bloodiest battle ever fought in the British Isles", with...
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