Turenne's Winter Campaign

Turenne's Winter Campaign
Part of the Franco-Dutch War
DateDecember 1674 – January 5, 1675
Location
France
Result

French victory

  • Holy Roman Empire expelled from Alsace
Belligerents
 France  Holy Roman Empire
Brandenburg-Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Vicomte de Turenne Alexander von Bournonville
Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
Strength
Initial:
20,000–28,000 men
Total:
33,000 men		 Initial:
57,000 men
Total:
70,000 men

Turenne's Winter Campaign took place during the Franco-Dutch War of 1672-78. During December 1674 and January 1675, Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, led French forces on a flank march that resulted in the defeat of an army fielded principally by the Holy Roman Empire and in that army's expulsion from Alsace.

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