July 1708
Loss of Bruges
Bruges returns to French allegiance during the 1708 campaign, increasing pressure on Marlborough in Flanders.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Bruges in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Bruges returns to French allegiance during the 1708 campaign, increasing pressure on Marlborough in Flanders.
Bruges returns to Allied control as French troops withdraw after the recovery of Ghent.
During the Battle of Fontenoy Cumberland is forced to retreat to Brussels and wis unable to prevent the fall of Ghent, Bruges and Ostend
Bruges is liberated by the Allies during the Battle of Flanders
Bruges is liberated by the Allies during the Battle of Flanders
Speaks of her unease at the prospect of a re-united Germany
Makes her Bruges speech in which she recalls how Britain stood alone in 1940
Delivers the Bruges speech criticising centralising tendencies in Europe.
Thatcher delivers a major speech criticising European centralisation.
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