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  1. #1
    tribi
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    Default Can anyone HELP with dating a battle.

    I have a copy of a letter where the writer is talking about her grandmothers first husband who was forced into the army in the early 1800's. She writes that he was killed in a Battle of Flanders.
    Am I correct in thinking that this would have been the Napoleonic Wars and if so, when did this battle take place.

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    Angewozere
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    Default Flanders

    Wilkopedia says itsthe 1st battle of Ypres also called the battle of the Flanders was the last major battle of WW1 1914
    oops just realised wrong centuary
    Last edited by Angewozere; 19-01-2009 at 8:25 PM. Reason: wrong one

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    Angewozere
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    think we crossed I realised aft I looked again derr!1st day back at
    work after hols has given me oldtimers lol

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    neil1821
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    Can you tie down the date any more exactly?
    Plenty of battles in Flanders/Low Countries in the Napoleonic Wars:

    1793 - battles of Valenciennes, Lincelles, Nieuport
    1794 - Catillon, Villers en Cauchies, Beaumont, Willems, Tournai, Boxtel
    1799 - Egmont-op-Zee, Castricum
    1809 - Walcheren
    1814 - Bergen-op-Zoom

    And those are just the main ones!

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