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520:1st Trarbach
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483:2nd Bouchain
438:1st Bouchain
428:Saint-Venant
243:Stevensweert
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1185:Nagymajtény
1155:Nagyszombat
1140:Schmöllnitz
1121:2nd Majorca
981:1st Majorca
926:Albuquerque
829:Pizzigetone
824:Alessandria
672:3rd Hagenau
630:Lauterbourg
625:Wissembourg
510:Friedlingen
468:Marchiennes
383:Hondschoote
353:Dendermonde
228:Saint Donas
1385:Categories
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1274:Background
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1111:2nd Girona
1086:1st Girona
1071:2nd Madrid
976:El AlbujĂłn
966:1st Madrid
901:Portalegre
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687:4th Landau
682:Rumersheim
677:Stollhofen
645:Drusenheim
615:3rd Landau
600:Ingolstadt
575:2nd Landau
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505:1st Landau
453:Landrécies
408:Malplaquet
373:Wijnendale
223:Middelburg
195:War of the
16:1708 siege
1358:0°28′59″W
1091:Aren Fort
1056:La Gudiña
1001:CastellĂłn
956:Alcántara
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515:Rheinberg
473:2nd Douai
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363:Oudenarde
333:Ramillies
323:Zandvliet
318:Zoutleeuw
303:2nd Liége
263:Groesbeek
253:1st Liége
1252:Philip V
1248:Alicante
1197:Vigo Bay
1096:Venasque
1076:Brihuega
1066:Zaragoza
1051:Alicante
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874:Syracuse
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764:1st Susa
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660:Sendling
605:Blenheim
580:Augsburg
560:Breisach
530:Neubourg
388:Brussels
313:Elixheim
268:Tongeren
248:Roermond
233:Nijmegen
149:Strength
52:Alicante
47:Location
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1128:Hungary
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1101:Tortosa
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714:Cremona
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423:BĂ©thune
403:Tournai
338:Antwerp
308:3rd Huy
298:2nd Huy
288:Limburg
283:1st Huy
273:Stekene
129:†
1256:Allied
1212:Málaga
1175:Kölesd
1026:Lleida
1016:XĂ tiva
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971:Murcia
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779:Verrua
709:Chiari
488:Knocke
463:Denain
343:Ostend
278:Ekeren
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1046:Denia
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886:Cádiz
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368:Lille
348:Menin
328:Diest
258:Hulst
238:Venlo
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