List of areas in the Dutch Republic destroyed or damaged during the Franco-Dutch War

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title: List of areas in the Dutch Republic destroyed or damaged during the Franco-Dutch War
text: This is an incomplete list of Dutch Republic villages, country houses and castles, that were destroyed or seriously damaged by French troops in 1672/1673 during the Rampjaar in the Franco-Dutch War. In this Guerre de Hollande the strategy of the troops of the French king Louis XIV was "to burn as much as possible. You should burn down entire villages", wrote the French army general Louvois to his intendant. Some castles have disappeared completely, others are still there as a ruin or were rebuil
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original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_areas_in_the_Dutch_Republic_destroyed_or_damaged_during_the_Franco-Dutch_War
date created: 2021-08-29T19:52:12Z
date modified: 2024-08-31T10:47:02Z
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fields total: 13
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