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DUNES
,' or See also:DUNKIRK DUNES, See also:BATTLE OF, was fought near Dunkirk on the 24th of May (3rd of See also:June) '658, between the See also:French and See also:English See also:army under the command of See also:Marshal See also:Turenne and the See also:Spanish army under See also:Don Juan of See also:Austria and the See also:prince of See also:Conde
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The severest See also:part of the fighting was See also:borne by the English contingents on either See also:side
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Six thousand English See also:infantry under See also:General See also:Lockhart were sent by See also:Cromwell to join the army of Turenne, and several Royalist See also:corps under the command of the See also:duke of See also:York (afterwards See also: |
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