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navigation, search Battle of Dreux Date 19 December 1562
Location Dreux, France Result Catholic victory Catholics Croix
huguenote.svg French Huguenot forces Commanders and leaders Anne
de Montmorency (POW), Francis, Duke of Guise Croix huguenote.svg
Louis I, Prince of Condé (POW), Croix huguenote.svg Gaspard de
Coligny 16,000 men, 22 guns 8,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses Heavy Heavy  The Battle of Dreux was
fought on 19 December 1562 between Catholics and Huguenots. The
Catholics were led by Anne de Montmorency while Louis I, Prince
of Condé led the Huguenots. The first general engagement of the
civil wars. The Protestant army ran into the Catholic army on
the road to Dreux, because of a criminal lack of foresight by
Condé in posting any kind of advance scouts. Although both sides
probably had roughly the same amount of cavalry with them, the
Catholics had much more infantry and the benefit of superior
organization (although no