The Battles of History

Home
Statistics
Search
Extras
About
 
Battle of Roosebeke
1382
27 November 1382
 vs  

type of battle

war or event

Hundred Years War

at a glance

coordinates unknown

location

modern country

In a Flemish popular uprising, Philip van Artevelde captured Bruges (3 May) before joining workers from Ghent at Roosebeke, east of Brussels. The untrained artisan army was crushed by Louis II, the French Count of Flanders, with massive losses, including van Arteveldt,  whose father led a similar rising 80 years before. Bruges was retaken and Ghent fell a few weeks later.


   
Commander Commander
   
Forces Forces
CasualtiesCasualties