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Battle of Lens
The Battle of Lens (20 August 1648) was a French victory under Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé against the Spanish army under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). It was the last major battle of the war and a French victory. The battle cemented the reputation of Condé as one of the greatest generals of his age.
Over the four years following the decisive French victory at Rocroi against the Spanish Army of Flanders, the French captured dozens of towns
of the Ypres Salient on a broad front ().
Background Tactical developments Peripheral operations.
Between the end of the Battle of Messines and the Battle of Pilckem Ridge (31 July) at Ypres, operations against Lens and Lille were to be made by the First Army in late June. Offensive operations were planned near Gavrelle and Oppy, along the Souchez River against a German salient between Avion and the west end of Lens, the capture of Reservoir Hill (Hill 65) south of Lens and an attack by the Canadian Corps