Battle of Arras | |||||||
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Part of the Franco-Spanish War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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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.
The original article can be found at Battle of Arras (1654) and the edit history here.