Battle of the Faubourg St Antoine | |||||||
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Part of the Fronde | |||||||
A contemporary depiction of the battle of the Faubourg St Antoine beneath the walls of the Bastille in 1652 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Royalists | Condé rebels | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Henri de Turenne | Louis, Grand Condé | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
8,000[1] | 6,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,500[1] | 1,500[1] | ||||||
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.