Battle of Fleurus

There have been three battles fought near the town of Fleurus in Belgium:

  • The Battle of Fleurus (1622) in the Thirty Years' War.
  • The Battle of Fleurus (1690) in the Nine Years' War.
  • The Battle of Fleurus (1794) in the French Revolutionary Wars.
  • The Battle of Fleurus (1815) in the Napoleonic Wars.

Famous quotes containing the word battle:

    “The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes 9:11.