Battle of the Faubourg St Antoine

Battle of the Faubourg St Antoine
Part of the Fronde

A contemporary depiction of the battle of the Faubourg St Antoine beneath the walls of the Bastille in 1652
Date2 July 1652
Location
Porte Saint-Antoine, Paris
48°51′12″N 2°22′09″E / 48.853333°N 2.369167°E / 48.853333; 2.369167
Result Royalist victory
Belligerents
Royalists Condé rebels
Commanders and leaders
Henri de Turenne Louis, Grand Condé
Strength
8,000 6,000
Casualties and losses
1,500 1,500
Shown within Paris, France

The Battle of the Faubourg Saint Antoine occurred on 2 July 1652 during the Fronde rebellion in France. It is named after the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, a district near the Bastille in the east of Paris, where the battle took place.

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