Battle of Carpi

Battle of Carpi
	Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
Date	9 July 1701
Location	Carpi, near Legnago ; 45°08′13.90″N 11°23′41.50″E / 45.1371944°N 11.3948611°E
Result	Austrian victory
Belligerents
Habsburg Monarchy	Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Prince Eugene of Savoy	Nicolas Catinat
Strength
About 17,000	About 11,400
Casualties and losses
Approximately 42 dead (2 officers), and 50–60 wounded (7 officers)	Approximately 350 casualties (50 officers), and 109 taken prisoner (9 officers)

The Battle of Carpi was a series of engagements in the summer of 1701, and the first battle of the War of the Spanish Succession that took place on 9 July 1701 between France and Austria. It was a minor skirmish that the French commander decided was not worth fighting, but his soldiers were displeased at his decision to retreat, and he was subsequently replaced.

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- "...the standard of France was white, sprinkled with golden fleur de lis..." (Ripley & Dana 1879, p. 250).
- On the reverse of this plate it says: "Le pavillon royal était véritablement le drapeau national au dix-huitième siecle...Vue du chateau d'arrière d'un vaisseau de guerre de haut rang portant le pavillon royal (blanc, avec les armes de France)" (Vinkhuijzen collection 2011).
- "The oriflamme and the Chape de St Martin were succeeded at the end of the 16th century, when Henry III., the last of the house of Valois, came to the throne, by the white standard powdered with fleurs-de-lis. This in turn gave place to the famous tricolour"(Swinburne 1911, p. 460).

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"...the standard of France was white, sprinkled with golden fleur de lis..." (Ripley & Dana 1879, p. 250).

On the reverse of this plate it says: "Le pavillon royal était véritablement le drapeau national au dix-huitième siecle...Vue du chateau d'arrière d'un vaisseau de guerre de haut rang portant le pavillon royal (blanc, avec les armes de France)" (Vinkhuijzen collection 2011).

"The oriflamme and the Chape de St Martin were succeeded at the end of the 16th century, when Henry III., the last of the house of Valois, came to the throne, by the white standard powdered with fleurs-de-lis. This in turn gave place to the famous tricolour"(Swinburne 1911, p. 460).

[2] "...the standard of France was white, sprinkled with golden fleur de lis..." (Ripley & Dana 1879, p. 250).

[3] On the reverse of this plate it says: "Le pavillon royal était véritablement le drapeau national au dix-huitième siecle...Vue du chateau d'arrière d'un vaisseau de guerre de haut rang portant le pavillon royal (blanc, avec les armes de France)" (Vinkhuijzen collection 2011).

[4] "The oriflamme and the Chape de St Martin were succeeded at the end of the 16th century, when Henry III., the last of the house of Valois, came to the throne, by the white standard powdered with fleurs-de-lis. This in turn gave place to the famous tricolour"(Swinburne 1911, p. 460).

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