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Battle of Denain
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession

Marshal Villars leads the French charge at the Battle of Denain. Oil on canvas, 1839 (Galerie des Batailles, Palace of Versailles).
Date24 July 1712
Location
Denain, France
50°20′N 3°24′E / 50.333°N 3.400°E / 50.333; 3.400
Result French victory[1][2]
Territorial
changes
France recovers the fortresses of Marchiennes, Douai, Le Quesnoy and Bouchain from the Grand Alliance
Belligerents
Battle of Denain France Holy Roman Empire Habsburg monarchy
Battle of Denain Dutch Republic
Battle of Denain Hanover
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of France Claude de Villars Holy Roman Empire Prince Eugene
Dutch Republic Arnold, Earl of Albemarle Surrendered
Strength
24,000–26,000 men[3][4] 8,500–10,500 men[3][4]
Casualties and losses
500[5][6][7]
2,100[8]
6,500[9][8]
8,000[5][6][7]

The Battle of Denain was fought on 24 July 1712 as part of the War of the Spanish Succession. It resulted in a French victory, under Marshal Villars, against Dutch and Austrian forces, under Prince Eugene of Savoy.

It was the war's last battle in Flanders and one of the most consequential, breaking the Grand Alliance's ability to threaten Paris and reversing nearly seven years of French territorial losses. In itself a local and tactical victory, Denain was made decisive by its relentless exploitation by Villars, who skillfully maneuvered to reclaim strategic border fortifications that would blunt any allied effort to renew their advance on Paris and dictate peace terms to Louis XIV.

  1. ^ John Edgecombe Daniel (1820). Journal of an Officer in the Commissariat Department of the Army: Comprising a Narrative of the Campaigns Under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands, in the Years 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, & 1815: And a Short Account of the Army of Occupation in France, During the Years 1816, 1817, & 1818. author. p. 478. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  2. ^ Jamel Ostwald (2007). Vauban Under Siege: Engineering Efficiency and Martial Vigor in the War of the Spanish Succession. Brill. p. 299. ISBN 978-90-04-15489-6. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b Van Nimwegen 2020, pp. 341.
  4. ^ a b Clodfelter 2017, p. 72.
  5. ^ a b Eggenberger 2012, p. 120.
  6. ^ a b Cook & Stevenson 2016, p. 166.
  7. ^ a b Dupuy & Dupuy 1977, p. 625.
  8. ^ a b Lynn 1999, p. 354.
  9. ^ Chandler: Marlborough as Military Commander, 305

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