Early Modern era · 1703

Battle of Ekeren

The Battle of Ekeren, which took place on 30 June 1703, was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. A Bourbon army of around 24,000 men, consisting of troops from France, Spain and Cologne, surrounded a smaller Dutch force of 12,000 men, which however managed to break out and retire to safety.

Battle of Ekeren
Battle of Ekeren · Jacobus Harrewijn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
30 Jun 1703
Where
Ekeren
Era
Early Modern

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