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Steenkirk
Steenkirk Steen"kirk`, Steinkirk Stein"kirk`, n. [So called from the battle of Steinkirk, in 1692, on which occasion the French nobles had no time to arrange their lace neckcloths.] A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.

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- The Battle of Steenkerque, also known as Steenkerke, Steenkirk, Steynkirk or Steinkirk was fought on 3 August 1692, during the Nine Years' War, near Steenkerque...
- [stɛ̃kɛʁk]; Dutch: Steenkerke; in older English references also Steenkerke, Steenkirk, Steinkerque, Steinkerke or Steinkirk; Walloon: Stinkerke) is a village...
- Netherlands William III surprised Luxembourg's army near the village of Steenkirk on 3 August. The Allies enjo**** some initial success, but as French reinforcements...
- Michael served in the Allied artillery train at the hard-fought Battle of Steenkirk and then at the Battle of Landen the following year. In 1695 he accompanied...
- the war, he returned to Flanders where he took part in the battles of Steenkirk and Landen. In 1694 Tollemache led an ****ault on the port of Brest; warned...
- at the battles of Walcourt, Steenkirk and Neer Landen, as well as the 1695 Siege of Namur. Hodges was killed at Steenkirk and replaced by James Stanley...
- Bermuda. The regiment's battle honours are as follows: Earlier Wars Steenkirk, 8 July 1692; War of the Spanish Succession, 1702–1713; Blenheim, 13 August...
- soon follow. In 1692, the regiment took part in the bloody Battle of Steenkirk. The courage and professionalism of the Allied soldiers was truly proven...
- land battles fought by the French between 1690 and 1789, particularly Steenkirk (1692), Neerwinden (1693), Marsaglia (1693), Blenheim (1704), Almansa...
- sons Jacob and Michael both oversaw the Artillery during the battles of Steenkirk and Landen and went some way to establishing the traditions of the Royal...