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Switzerland. Turenne lost 60 men, including Montauban who had been captured; sources disagree on Imperial casualties, one suggesting they exceeded 1,300 including prisoners. This seems inflated for what was a relatively minor engagement, and the lower figure of 300 seems more
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712:
647:Masulipatnam
615:
614:
583:
582:
566:
565:
467:
466:
455:
454:
438:
437:
413:Philippsburg
382:
366:
365:
336:Valenciennes
265:
187:Bournonville
99:Belligerents
18:
1552: /
1452:. Longman.
1433:. Praeger.
1422:Marlborough
1277:Brooks 2000
1169:Tucker 2009
1140:Bodart 1916
1099:cuirassiers
1080:Switzerland
792:before the
733:army under
725:during the
657:2nd Messina
637:James River
595:1st Curaçao
474:Brandenburg
462:1st Messina
450:Noirmoutier
428:Rheinfelden
418:Kochersberg
367:Upper Rhine
361:Saint-Denis
47:, south of
1567:Categories
1537:47°44′58″N
1328:Dodge 1890
1316:Dodge 1890
1289:Dodge 1890
1193:Smith 1965
1122:References
1020:Strasbourg
849:Strasbourg
780:Background
721:, part of
610:Martinique
578:Espouilles
573:Maureillas
526:Landskrona
489:Fehrbellin
286:Aardenburg
1540:7°20′24″E
1241:Lynn 1996
1205:Lynn 1996
1181:Lynn 1996
1110:Aftermath
1087:Ill River
977:Rhineland
814:Louis XIV
662:Stromboli
556:Stralsund
541:Uddevalla
531:Marstrand
433:Ortenbach
398:Altenheim
388:Turckheim
306:Staphorst
291:Coevorden
281:Groningen
1573:Mulhouse
1106:likely.
1076:Mulhouse
1072:Altkirch
1008:Flanders
933:Turkheim
891:Mulhouse
877:Entzheim
863:Altkirch
770:Mulhouse
697:Køge Bay
672:Bornholm
584:Americas
567:Pyrenees
511:Halmstad
479:Rathenow
445:Besançon
423:Freiburg
393:Salzbach
383:Mulhouse
378:Entzheim
373:Sinsheim
193:Strength
72:Mulhouse
67:Location
49:Mulhouse
29:Part of
1338:Sources
1044:Belfort
981:Turenne
966:(right)
905:Belfort
802:England
796:of the
766:Belfort
735:Turenne
702:Wissant
682:Palermo
667:Augusta
627:Solebay
546:Warksow
501:Gotland
346:Cambrai
321:Seneffe
311:Naarden
296:Woerden
276:Tolhuis
271:Groenlo
149:Turenne
1520:
1501:
1482:
1456:
1437:
1390:
1371:
1352:
1068:Colmar
1050:Battle
1036:Colmar
1012:Alsace
960:Alsace
919:Colmar
806:Sweden
758:Colmar
731:French
719:Alsace
687:Tobago
652:Málaga
605:Acadia
439:France
341:Cassel
126:
114:France
111:
87:Result
80:France
76:Alsace
1103:Basel
1016:Rhine
964:Rhine
947:Basel
677:Ă–land
642:Texel
551:RĂĽgen
521:Malmö
484:Nauen
408:Trier
356:Ypres
351:Ghent
326:Grave
201:5,000
198:3,000
45:Rhine
1518:ISBN
1499:ISBN
1480:ISBN
1468:Army
1454:ISBN
1435:ISBN
1388:ISBN
1369:ISBN
1350:ISBN
1070:and
987:and
825:and
804:and
713:The
516:Lund
316:Bonn
59:Date
43:The
1018:at
829:.
741:'s
692:Møn
162:POW
1569::
1296:^
1147:^
1130:^
1003:.
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812:.
800:,
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