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Battle of Arras
Part of the Franco-Spanish War
Date25 August 1654
LocationArras (present-day France)
Result French victory
Belligerents
 Kingdom of France  Spain
Commanders and leaders
Vicomte de Turenne
Abraham de Fabert
Henri de La Ferté-Senneterre[1]
Prince de Condé
Leopold Wilhelm[1]


The Battle of Arras, fought on August 25, 1654, was a victory of a French army under Turenne against a Spanish army commanded by Don Ferdinand de Salis and Condé.

Cyrano de Bergerac, who is the subject of the classic French play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, participated in a siege of Arras in 1640, and not the battle of 1654.

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