Battle of Lannoy

The Battle of Lannoy took place on 29 December 1566[1] between an army of Geuzen and a Spanish force. It was one of the first battles of the Dutch Revolt.

Eighty Years’ War
Location
Lannoy
Result Spanish Victory
Belligerents
Geuzen Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Pierre Cornaille Philip of Noircarmes
Strength
3000 infantry[2] ?
Casualties and losses
700-2600 ?

Battle

Two day after another Geuzen army, under Jan Denys, had been defeated at Wattrelos by Maximilian Vilain, Philip of Niorcarmes, stadtholder of Henegouwen, attacked a large force of Calvinists under Pierre Cornaille at Lannoy. Both Denys and Cornaille had been moving to lift the Siege of Valenciennes.

Noircarmes fell on the Protestants and broke their formation in the first attack, after which the rest tired to flee. More than half were killed or chased into the nearby river. According to Catholics 2600 died,[2] however, La Barre recounted only “700 to 800 Huguenots” fallen.[3] Still, this defeat was a heavy one for the South-Dutch rebels, many times heavier than Wattrelos.

A few days later Doornik was conquered by the Spanish and on 24 March 1567 Valenciennes surrendered to the Spanish, after a third relief attempt had been defeated at Oosterweel.

References
  1. Backhouse, M. BEELDENSTORM EN BOSGEUZEN IN HET WESTKWARTIER (PDF).
  2. Motley, John Lothrop (1850). De opkomst van de Nederlandsche Republiek: Afd. 1 (in Dutch). Van Stockum.
  3. Erik J. Hadley, Privilege and Reciprocity in Early Modern Belgium: Provincial Elites, State Power and the Franco-Belgian Frontier, 1667--1794 (2006) 53.
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