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Battle of Ekeren
| Battle of Ekeren | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Spanish Succession | |||||||
_-_MPM_V_IV_010.jpg) Battle of Ekeren, Jasper Broers | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Dutch Republic |
 France Bourbon Spain Cologne | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Obdam Slangenburg C. Tilly Fagel |
Boufflers Guiscard Bedmar A. Tilly Mérode-Westerloo | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12,000[1][2][3][note 1] | 24,000[1][3][note 2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1,700 killed or wounded 700 missing[7] 2,500 killed or wounded, 800 captured[8] |
At least 2,234 killed or wounded[9][10][note 3] 2,300 killed or wounded[8] | ||||||
The Battle of Ekeren, which took place on 30 June 1703, was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. A Bourbon army of around 24,000 men, consisting of troops from France, Spain and Cologne, surrounded a smaller Dutch force of 12,000 men, which however managed to break out and retire to safety.
The battle had limited strategic effect, but, while showing the skill of the Dutch troops, it highlighted the disunity in the Anglo-Dutch command structure. Conflicts arose between various commanders, who all blamed each other for the near-disaster. In France Louis XIV was also displeased, as his superior force had let the Dutch escape.
- ^ a b Van Nimwegen 2020, p. 267.
- ^ Knoop 1861a, p. 59.
- ^ a b Van Alphen et al. 2019, p. 82.
- ^ Lynn 1999, p. 308.
- ^ Churchill 1936, p. 665.
- ^ Parker & de Merode-Westerloo 1998, p. 148.
- ^ Van Nimwegen 2020, p. 269.
- ^ a b Bodart 1908, p. 131.
- ^ a b Pelet-Clozeau & Vault 1835, p. 764.
- ^ a b Wijn 1956, p. 308.
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