Guinegate, a village of Hainault, Belgium, where the French were twice defeated. (1) On 17th August 1479 they were beaten by Maximilian I. of Austria; (2) on 16th August 1513 by Henry VIII. and the Emperor Maximilian. This battle was called the Battle of the Spurs—the French knights having made more use of their spurs than of their swords.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 458
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