Battle of Fleurus (1622)
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The Battle of Fleurus, 29 August 1622, took place during the Thirty Years' War near Fleurus in Belgium, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. A Spanish army commanded by Córdoba defeated a larger Prot
The Battle of Fleurus 1622 by Peter Snayers
Cavalry arquebussiers, unlike dragoons, fired from horseback, and were a light cavalry much favoured by the Army of Flanders.
Cuirassier, this heavy cavalry formed the backbone of the Protestant Army.
Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Bishop of Halberstadt.
Siege of Heidelberg (1622)
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The siege of Heidelberg or the Imperial-Spanish capture of Heildelberg took place from 23 July to 19 September 1622, at Heidelberg, Electorate of the Palatinate, between the Imperial-Spanish army led
View of Heidelberg
Frederick V of the Palatinate by Michiel van Mierevelt.
Heidelberg Castle and the Hortus Palatinus commissioned by Frederick V, and designed by the English gardener Inigo Jones and the French engineer Salomon de Caus.