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Encyclopedia > Battle of Dreux
Battle of Dreux
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Date: December 19, 1562
Location: France
Result: indecisive
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Combatants
Catholics Huguenots
Commanders
Anne de Montmorency, Guise Louis I, Prince of Condé, Coligny
Strength
Casualties
de Montmorency captured Louis I captured


The Battle of Dreux was fought on December 19, 1562 between Catholics and Huguenots. The Catholics were led by Anne de Montmorency while Louis I, Prince of Condé led the Huguenots. The battle was indecisive, but both leaders were captured by their foes. December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. ... Casus belli is a Latin expression from the international law theory of Jus ad bellum. ... In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name of Huguenots came to apply to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France. ... Anne, First Duke of Montmorency (March 15, 1493 – November 12, 1567), was a soldier and constable of France. ... Louis I was the first Prince of Condé. Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (May 7, 1530 – March 13, 1569) was a Huguenot leader and general. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. ... Anne, First Duke of Montmorency (March 15, 1493 – November 12, 1567), was a soldier and constable of France. ... Louis I was the first Prince of Condé. Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (May 7, 1530 – March 13, 1569) was a Huguenot leader and general. ...


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The Battle of Dreux. 1562. Pare, Ambroise. 1909-14. Journeys in Diverse Places. The Harvard Classics (284 words)
after the battle of Dreux, the King bade me go and dress M. le Comte d’Eu, who had been wounded in the right thigh, near the hip-joint, with a pistol-shot: which had smashed and broken the thigh-bone into many pieces: whereon many accidents supervened, and at last death, to my great grief.
Now while I was at Dreux, I visited and dressed a great number of gentlemen, and poor soldiers, and among the rest many of the Swiss captains.
Surgeons came from Paris, who fulfilled their duty to the wounded, as Pigray, Cointeret, Hubert, and others; and I returned to Paris, where I found many wounded gentlemen who had retreated thither after the battle, to have their wounds dressed; and I was not there without seeing many of them.
List of battles 1401-1800 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4839 words)
Battle of Tannenberg) on July 15 Polish and Lithuanian army under Wladislaus II of Poland break the spine of the Teutonic Knights under Ulrich von Jungingen
1421 Battle of Bauge The French and Scottish forces of Charles VII commanded by the Earl of Buchan defeat the forces of Henry V commanded by the Duke of Clarence.
1600 Battle of Nieuwpoort June 2 Battle between Dutch (led by Prince Maurits) and Spanish army, led by Albrecht, archduke of Austria.
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