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battle of the dunes
(June 14, 1658), military victory of French and English forces led by Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount de Turenne, attacking Spanish forces near Dunkirk (then in the Spanish Netherlands). The victory contributed greatly to the surrender of Dunkirk by Spain and to the conclusion of the Peace of the Pyrenees by France and Spain (1659).
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