Relief of Thionville

Battle of Thionville
Part of the Thirty Years' War and the
Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)

The Battle at Deidenhofen (Thionville) 1639, by Peter Snayers
Date7 June 1639
Location
Thionville, near Luxembourg, Spanish Netherlands (present-day France)
Result Imperial-Spanish victory
Belligerents
 France  Spain
 Holy Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Marquis de Feuquieres (DOW) Ottavio Piccolomini
Jean de Beck
Strength
9,000 infantry
2,600 cavalry		 9,000 infantry
5,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses
6,000 dead or wounded
3,000 captured		 1,500 dead or wounded

The relief of Thionville took place on 7 June 1639, during the Thirty Years' War.

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