Battle of Turnhout (1831)
The Battle of Turnhout took place in 1831, during the Belgian Revolution, a force of 11,000 men attacked Turnhout under General Saksen-Weimar's leadership. The Belgian forces were defeated, and Turnhout surrendered to the Dutch.
| Battle of Turnhout | |||||||
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| Part of the Ten Days' Campaign, and Belgian Revolution | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Netherlands | Belgian rebels | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Prince William Saxe-Weimar |
Lieutenant Balfour Van Lieshout | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 11,000 | 1300 soldiers, number of voluntaires. | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown but less than the Belgians | unknown but more than the Dutch. | ||||||
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