One consequence of this battle was that a chair belonging to one General Fuentes is now kept at Les Invalides Museum in Paris; another was the dismissal of the Count of Olivares, Gaspar de Guzman.
One consequence of this battle was that a chair belonging to one General Fuentes is now kept at Les Invalides Museum in Paris; another was the dismissal of the Count of Olivares, Gaspar de Guzman. It followed the capture of Roussillon. The losing commander sought to relieve pressure stemming from attacks on Catalonia and the Free County of Burgundy, and had previously won the Battle of Honnecourt. The other general was later pardoned in the Treaty of the Pyrenees and won victories at Lens and at Freiburg, and was on the losing side of the Battle of the Dunes. Part of an attempt to lift the siege of the namesake city in the valley of the Oise, during it a flank attack by Jean de Gassion led to a cavalry sweep that surrounded the opposing infantry squares and forced their surrender. For 10 points, name this defeat for Francisco de Melo which signalled the decline of the tercio, a 1643 victory for the Great Condé.
One consequence of this battle was that a chair belonging to one General Fuentes is now kept at Les Invalides Museum in Paris; another was the dismissal of the Count of Olivares, Gaspar de Guzman.
The Battle of {Rocroi}