Battle of Soissons

The Battle of Soissons can refer to one of several important historical battles, all of which took place in the vicinity of the French town Soissons:

  • Battle of Soissons (486), A battle between the Franks, under Clovis I, and a Roman successor state, under Syagrius
  • Battle of Soissons (718), A battle between the Neustrians, under Chilperic II and Ragenfrid, with the Aquitainians, under Odo the Great, against the Austrasians, under Charles Martel, who won
  • Battle of Soissons (923), A battle during which King Robert I of France was killed, possibly by Charles III, and the latter was defeated and imprisoned by Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy who succeeded Robert I as French monarch
  • Battle of Soissons (1814), A Napoleonic Wars battle
  • Battle of Soissons (1915), an alternative name for the First Battle of Champagne
  • Battle of Soissons (1918), A World War I battle, waged from July 18–22, 1918, between French-American and German troops.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.