Battle of Leuze

The battles of Leuze took place the September 18th 1691. It was one of the most famous victory of the French cavalry in the Guerre of the league of Augsburg.

The marshal of Luxembourg which is near Tournai sends Marsilly in recognition. This one teaches him that the principal allied army corps is moving away, leaving only one rear-guard from cavalry in Leuze.

Persuaded that the countryside of 1691 was finished, Guillaume III, regained England, and the prince of Waldeck prepares his winter quarter.

Luxembourg acts immediately. It sends a detachment to follow the movements of the principal body and, with the squadrons of Villars and Marsilly, attacks without warning. Using only their swords, the French rider charge the allied cavalry however quite higher of number but which, for lack of space, cannot be spread.

In the middle of the action, Luxembourg must defend its person dearly. The battle lasts only 2 hours and ends in a victory of the French. The allied cavalry owes its safety only with the intervention of reinforcements sent by Waldeck.

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in its version of October 18th, 2007

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