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French Military Victories (2829 words) |
 | Battle of Sentinum - 295 B.C. The Gauls and Samniums under Egnatius are defeated by Decius Mus and Fabius Maximus Rullianus of the Roman Republic. |
| Battle of Telamon - 224 B.C. The out-numbered Gauls led by Concolitanus and Aneorestus are defeated by Atiliua Regulus and Aemilius Papus of the Roman Republic. |
| Battle of Gergovia - 52 B.C. The Gallic Tribes led by Vercingetorix defeat the Roman Republic army of Julius Caesar. |
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Battle of Fleurus (1690) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (694 words) |
| The battle was fought between 45,000 French under Luxembourg and 37,000 allied Dutch, Spaniards and Imperialists under Prince of Waldeck. |
| The left wing of the French cavalry was to move under cover of woods, houses and hollows to gain Wangenies, where it was to connect with the frontal attack of the French, centre from Fleurus and to envelop Waldeck's right. |
| Two French regiments accidentally attacking each other during this battle led to the habit of attaching a white scarf to the flags of the regiments from 1690 - white being the colour of the kings of France. |
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