Turenne's Winter Campaign

Turenne's Winter Campaign
Part of the Franco-Dutch War
DateDecember 1674 – January 5, 1675
Location
France
Result

French victory

  • Holy Roman Empire expelled from Alsace
Belligerents
 France  Holy Roman Empire
Brandenburg-Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of France Vicomte de Turenne Holy Roman Empire Alexander von Bournonville
Holy Roman Empire Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
Strength
Initial:
20,000[1]–28,000 men[2][3]
Total:
33,000 men		 Initial:
57,000 men[4][5]
Total:
70,000 men[6][7]

Turenne's Winter Campaign took place during the Franco-Dutch War of 1672-78. During December 1674 and January 1675, Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, led French forces on a flank march that resulted in the defeat of an army fielded principally by the Holy Roman Empire and in that army's expulsion from Alsace.

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  2. ^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2009). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. ABC-CLIO, 651
  3. ^ Clodfelter, Micheal (2008). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Reference to Casualty and Other Figures, 1494-2007 (3rd ed.). McFarland & Co. 46
  4. ^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2009). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. ABC-CLIO, 651
  5. ^ Clodfelter, Micheal (2008). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Reference to Casualty and Other Figures, 1494-2007 (3rd ed.). McFarland & Co. 46
  6. ^ Hume, David. History of England, by Hume and Smollett. HardPress Publishing, 2019. 133
  7. ^ Barnes, A.S.. A Brief History of France. 1875. 164