Battle of Rocroi
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The Battle of Rocroi, fought May 19, 1643, was a victory of the French army under the Prince of Condé against the Spanish army under General Francisco de Melo.
The Spanish troops set siege to Rocroi, which lay athwart the route to
the Oise. The French army, under the command of Condé, was arranged with two lines of infantry in the
centre, squadrons of cavalry on each wing, with a thin line of artillery
at the front. The Spanish army was similarly arranged, but with its
infantry in their traditional tercios. The battle began at dawn: the
French infantry was worsted by the Spanish, and the cavalry on the
French left was also ineffective. But the calvary on the French right
wing, under the command of Gassion, routed the Spanish cavalry
opposite, and Condé was able to follow this up by a huge cavalry
encirclement around the entire Spanish rear. The tercios. stuck in
the middle, were unable to break out and were mown down by the French
artillery.
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