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Battle of Walcourt
The Battle of Walcourt was fought on 25 August 1689 during the Nine Years' War. The action took place near the ancient walled town of Walcourt near Charleroi in the Spanish Netherlands, and brought to a close a summer of uneventful marching, manoeuvring, and foraging. The battle was a success for the Grand Alliance – the only significant engagement in the theatre during the campaign of 1689.
The Allied army was commanded by the Prince of Waldeck; the French army by the duc de Humières. The
death in 1725.
Career.
In 1688, La Feuillade raised a cavalry regiment for the Nine Years War, taking part in the battles of Walcourt, Fleurus and Landen in 1693. The first of the controversies that accompanied his career occurred after Landen, when it was claimed he disappeared during the battle to 'faire sa toilette,' only re-emerging at the end. The accusation was serious enough for him to write a letter denying it to his first father-in-law, the Marquis de Chateauneuf