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Title
El Ultimo Tercio
Description
Battle of Rocroi
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1643-05-19
Scenario#
HM15
Location
Rocroi, France
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Rocroi<, fought on 19 May 1643, was a major engagement of the Thirty Years' War between a French army, led by the 21-year-old Duke of Enghien (later known as the Great Condé) and Spanish forces under General Francisco de Melo only five days after the accession of Louis XIV to the throne of France after his father's death. Rocroi shattered the myth of invincibility of the Spanish Tercios, the terrifying infantry units that had dominated European battlefields for the previous 120 years. The battle is therefore often considered to mark the end of Spanish military greatness and the beginning of French hegemony in Europe. After Rocroi, the Spanish abandoned the Tercio system and adopted the line infantry doctrine used by the French.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Rocroi
External Link
Combatants
France
Spain
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