Tag: Rocroi

01 Painting, The art of War, Rocroi, the last third, by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau, with footnotes

Nov 2, 2023

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The Battle of Rocroi, fought on 19 May 1643, was a major engagement of the Thirty Years’ War between a French army, led by the 21-year-old Duke of Enghien and Spanish forces under General Francisco de Melo only five days after the accession of Louis XIV to the throne of France after his father’s death.…