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A frozen Rhine, making the crossing easier, is not attested by any contemporary source, but was a plausible surmise made by 18th-century historian Edward Gibbon.
Currently Rhine water runs into the sea, or into former marine bays now separated from the sea, in five places, namely at the mouths of the Nieuwe Merwede, Nieuwe Waterway (Nieuwe Maas), Dordtse Kil, Spui and IJssel. The Rhine-Meuse Delta is a tidal delta, shaped not only by the sedimentation of the rivers, but also by tidal currents. This ...
The crossing of the Rhine at Tolhuis (now a suburb of Nijmegen) on 12 June 1672 – painting by Adam Frans van der Meulen. A 'passage of the Rhine' on the south facade of the porte Saint-Denis . The River Rhine forms a natural frontier and so the phrase Rhine Crossing , Crossing of the Rhine , or forcing the Rhine may refer to one of several ...
Indeed, the bridge over the Rhine at Strasbourg had been used repeatedly by Imperial (Holy Roman Empire) forces, [11] and three times during the Franco-Dutch War Strasbourg had served as a gateway for Imperial invasions into Alsace. [12] In September 1681 Louis' forces, though lacking a clear casus belli, surrounded the city with overwhelming ...
In August 1805, Napoleon, Emperor of the French since December of the previous year, [46] turned his sights from the English Channel to the Rhine to deal with the new Austrian and Russian threats. [47] On 25 September after a feverish march in great secrecy, [48] 200,000 French troops began to cross the Rhine [49] on a front of 260 km (160 mi).
On January 2, 366, the Alemanni yet again crossed the frozen Rhine in large numbers, to invade the Gallic provinces, this time being defeated by Valentinian (see Battle of Solicinium). In the great mixed invasion of 406, the Alemanni appear to have crossed the Rhine river a final time, conquering and then settling what is today Alsace and a ...
January 2 – The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, and invade the Gallic provinces. They capture Alsace and a large part of the Swiss Plateau. April – Battle of Thyatira: Emperor Valens defeats the troops of Procopius, bringing an end to his revolt; Serenianus and Marcellus are killed. Procopius flees the battlefield, but is ...
Secondly, they were mentioned when they crossed the frozen Rhine in February 378, invading the Roman Empire. They were defeated by the Roman emperor Gratianus in the Battle of Argentovaria (modern Colmar in Alsace), when their king, Priarius, died. This battle was the last campaign by any Roman Emperor behind the Limes area. [1]