Battle of Gembloux (1578)
The Battle of Gembloux took place at Gembloux, near Namur, Low Countries, between the Spanish forces led by Don John of Austria (Spanish: Don Juan de Austria), Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands, and a rebel army composed by Dutch, Flemish, English, Scottish, German, French and Walloon soldiers under Antoine de Goignies, during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604). On January 31, 1578, the Spanish cavalry commanded by John's nephew, Don Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma (Italian: Alessandro Farnese, Spanish: Alejandro Farnesio), after pushing back the Dutch cavalry, attacked the Netherlandish army, causing an enormous panic amongst the rebel troops. The result was a crushing victory for the Spanish forces. The battle hastened the disintegration of the unity
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Battle of Gembloux (1578)
The Battle of Gembloux took place at Gembloux, near Namur, Low Countries, between the Spanish forces led by Don John of Austria (Spanish: Don Juan de Austria), Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands, and a rebel army composed by Dutch, Flemish, English, Scottish, German, French and Walloon soldiers under Antoine de Goignies, during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604). On January 31, 1578, the Spanish cavalry commanded by John's nephew, Don Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma (Italian: Alessandro Farnese, Spanish: Alejandro Farnesio), after pushing back the Dutch cavalry, attacked the Netherlandish army, causing an enormous panic amongst the rebel troops. The result was a crushing victory for the Spanish forces. The battle hastened the disintegration of the unity
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Bitwa pod Gembloux – starcie z ...... z mostu w Namur do rzeki Mozy.
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De Slag bij Gembloers vond pla ...... t toenmalige graafschap Namen.
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La batalla de Gembloux tuvo lu ...... fue completamente aniquilado.
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Le 31 janvier 1578, l'armée es ...... s le cadre de l'Union d'Arras.
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The Battle of Gembloux took pl ...... end of the Union of Brussels.
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Битва при Жамблу́ (нидерл. Sla ...... цев достигли 10 тысяч человек.
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(6,000 killed in the cavalry charge led byParma)
8,000–11,000 dead
Hundreds of prisoners
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1578-01-31
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Decisive Spanish victory
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(Only engaged 1,200cavalryin the first phase of the battle)
17,000–20,000
25,000 men
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741,389,502
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Engraving of the Battle of Gembloux by Frans Hogenberg.
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Bitwa pod Gembloux – starcie z ...... z mostu w Namur do rzeki Mozy.
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De Slag bij Gembloers vond pla ...... t toenmalige graafschap Namen.
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La batalla de Gembloux tuvo lu ...... fue completamente aniquilado.
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Le 31 janvier 1578, l'armée es ...... s le cadre de l'Union d'Arras.
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The Battle of Gembloux took pl ...... he disintegration of the unity
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Битва при Жамблу́ (нидерл. Sla ...... цев достигли 10 тысяч человек.
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Bataille de Gembloux (1578)
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Batalla de Gembloux
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Battle of Gembloux (1578)
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Bitwa pod Gembloux
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Slag bij Gembloers
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Битва при Жамблу
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Battle of Gembloux
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