Battle of Gravelines
| date | July 13, 1558 |
|---|---|
| place | Gravelines , France |
| output | French defeat |
| consequences | French were forced to the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| 12,000 infantrymen, 2,000 cavalrymen |
15,000 infantrymen 3,000 cavalrymen |
| losses | |
|
12,500 dead, wounded or captured |
300 dead or wounded |
The Battle of Gravelines (or Grevelingen ) was the last military conflict in the framework of the Italian Wars and was on 13. July 1558 at Gravelines discharged. Here, the defending French fought against a Spanish - English alliance.
The French, under the leadership of Paul de la Barthe, seigneur de Thermes , were inferior to the Spanish troops of Lamoral von Egmond , who received support from the English. Egmond's cavalry attacked three times, but was initially thrown back three times. Then the Landsknechte, divided into three groups (Germans, Spaniards, Walloons), decided the meeting. They were under the supreme command of Colonel Hilmar von Münchhausen and had only minor losses because the German mercenaries on the French side raised their lances to avoid having to fight their compatriots. General de Thermes was captured by Münchhausen's mercenaries, but Egmont, the winner of Gravelines , claimed him for himself; however, a supreme court later awarded the 6000 Taler ransom to Münchhausen.
The trigger for this battle was the conflict between Henry II and Philip II of Spain for supremacy in Europe . This conflict ended with the Battle of Gravelines.
literature
- Johann Samuelesch : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts in alphabetical order . 1840.
- Imanuel Geiss : History at hand . Volume 1. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1987, p. 142