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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 678 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DUNES  ,' or

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DUNKIRK DUNES,
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BATTLE OF, was fought near Dunkirk on the 24th of May (3rd of
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June) '658, between the
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French and
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English
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army under the command of
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Marshal
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Turenne and the
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Spanish army under
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Don Juan of
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Austria and the
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prince of
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Conde . The severest
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part of the fighting was
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borne by the English contingents on either
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side . Six thousand English
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infantry under
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General
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Lockhart were sent by
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Cromwell to join the army of Turenne, and several Royalist
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corps under the command of the
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duke of
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York (afterwards
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James II.) served in the Spanish forces . The
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object of the Spaniards was to relieve Dunkirk, which Turenne was besieging, and the
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complete victory of the French and English caused the speedy surrender of the fortress .

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