Battle of Fleurus (1622)

Battle of Fleurus
Part of the Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War
The Battle of Fleurus 1622 by Peter Snayers
Date 29 August 1622 Location Fleurus, Hainaut, Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium) Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic German soldiers	Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ernst von Mansfeld Christian of Brunswick	Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Strength
up to 8,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry (11 guns)	up to 6,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry (4 guns)
Casualties and losses
5,000 dead, wounded or captured	500-1,000 dead or wounded

The Battle of Fleurus of August 29, 1622 was fought in the Spanish Netherlands between a Spanish army and the Protestant forces of Ernst von Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick during the Eighty Years' War and the Thirty Years' War. The bloody struggle left the Protestants mangled and the Spanish masters of the field. The Spanish victory would ensure Catholic dominance in Germany till the intervention of Denmark–Norway.