Dutch Republic England Scotland Holy Roman Empire Spain
France
Commanders and leaders
Prince of Waldeck Lord of Slangenburg Aylva Duke of Marlborough
Duke of Humières Villars
Strength
30,000[2]-35,000[3]
24,000[4]-30,000[5]
Casualties and losses
~100–700 killed or wounded[6][7]
2,000[7] 600 killed 1,400 wounded or captured
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Flanders and the Lower Rhine
Kaiserswerth
Walcourt
Bonn
Fleurus
Mons
Leuze
1st Namur
Steenkerque
Dottignies
1st Huy
Landen
Charleroi
1st Diksmuide
2nd Huy
2nd Namur
1st Deinze
Brussels
2nd Diksmuide
Givet
2nd Deinze
Ath
Upper Rhine
Philippsburg
Mannheim
Frankenthal
Mainz
Piedmont
Staffarda
Susa
Nice
Cuneo
Pinerolo
Marsaglia
Valenza
Catalonia
Barretinas
Second Brotherhood
Roses
Torroella
Girona
Sant Esteve d'en Bas
Barcelona
Ireland
Bandon
Dromore
Derry
Newtownbutler
Carrickfergus
Newry
Cavan
Boyne
1st Athlone
Waterford
1st Limerick
Cork and Kinsale
2nd Athlone
Aughrim
2nd Limerick
Great Britain
Invasion of England
Wincanton
Reading
Loup Hill
Killiecrankie
Dunkeld
Cromdale
Caribbean
1st Guárico
2nd Guárico
Cartagena de Indias
3rd Guárico
Asia
Pondichéry
Naval battles
Bantry Bay
Beachy Head
Alicante
Barfleur and La Hogue
Barfleur
Cherbourg
La Hogue
Lagos
Camaret
Texel
Dogger Bank
The Battle of Walcourt was fought on 25 August 1689 during the Nine Years' War. The action took place near the ancient walled town of Walcourt near Charleroi in the Spanish Netherlands, and brought to a close a summer of uneventful marching, manoeuvring, and foraging. The battle was a success for the Grand Alliance – the only significant engagement in the theatre during the campaign of 1689.
The Allied army was commanded by the Prince of Waldeck; the French army by the duc de Humières. The battle incurred some 2,000 French casualties against the Allied losses of less than 700. The Allied victory had been an auspicious opening of the war for King William III and the Alliance, but for Humières, his military reputation received a fatal blow; in the following campaign of 1690, Humières was replaced by the duc de Luxembourg.
^All dates in the article are in the Gregorian calendar (unless otherwise stated). The Julian calendar as used in England in 1689 differed by ten days. Thus, the battle of Walcourt was fought on 25 August (Gregorian calendar) or 15 August (Julian calendar). In this article (O.S) is used to annotate Julian dates with the year adjusted to 1 January. See the article Old Style and New Style dates for a more detailed explanation of the dating issues and conventions.
^Van Nimwegen: De Veertigjarige Oorlog, p. 192
^Chandler: Marlborough as Military Commander, p. 30.
^Chandler: Marlborough as Military Commander, p. 30.
^Van Nimwegen: De Veertigjarige Oorlog, p. 192
^Chandler: Marlborough as Military Commander, p. 32. Chandler states less than 100; Churchill states 300.
^ abChilds 1991, p. 123.
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