Battle of Ramillies
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The Battle of Ramillies (1706) was a major Allied victory led by the Duke of Marlborough against French and Bavarian forces, significantly shifting the balance of power in the War of the Spanish Succession.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military conflict → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Ramillies
→
surface form: "Battle of Ramillies-Offus"
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| belligerent |
Dutch Republic
→
Electorate of Bavaria → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg →
surface form: "Electorate of Hanover"
Grand Alliance → Holy Roman Empire → Kingdom of England → Kingdom of France → Prussia →
surface form: "Kingdom of Prussia"
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| campaign |
Battle of Ramillies
→
surface form: "1706 Flanders campaign"
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| capturedGuns | over 50 artillery pieces (approximate) → |
| capturedPrisoners | over 7,000 Franco-Bavarian prisoners (approximate) → |
| capturedStandardsAndColors | over 50 standards and colors (approximate) → |
| casualtiesAndLosses |
around 3,600 Allied killed and wounded (approximate)
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over 13,000 Franco-Bavarian killed and wounded (approximate) → |
| commander |
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
→
Marshal François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi → Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria → |
| commemoratedBy | battle honour "Ramillies" in several British Army regiments → |
| conflict | War of the Spanish Succession → |
| countryAtTime |
Habsburg Netherlands
→
surface form: "Spanish Netherlands"
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| date | 1706-05-23 → |
| followedBy |
Allied capture of Antwerp
→
Allied capture of Bruges → Allied capture of Brussels → Allied capture of Ghent → Allied capture of Ostend → |
| front |
War of the Spanish Succession
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surface form: "Western Front of the War of the Spanish Succession"
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| historicalSignificance | considered one of Marlborough's greatest victories → |
| namedAfter |
Ramillies
→
surface form: "village of Ramillies"
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| notableCommanderSide |
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
→
surface form: "Duke of Marlborough for the Allies"
Duke of Villeroi for France → |
| notableTactic |
decisive cavalry charge on French left
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feigned attack on French right to draw reserves → |
| partOf | War of the Spanish Succession → |
| place | Ramillies → |
| precededBy | Battle of Blenheim → |
| presentDayLocation | Belgium → |
| result | Allied victory → |
| strategicEffect |
severely weakened French military position in the Spanish Netherlands
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shifted balance of power in favor of the Grand Alliance in the Low Countries → |
| strength |
approximately 60,000 Franco-Bavarian troops
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approximately 62,000 Allied troops → |
| theatre | Flanders → |
| year | 1706 → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Battle of Ramillies-Offus"
this entity surface form: "1706 Flanders campaign"
this entity surface form: "Battle of Ramillies (1706)"