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The Dutch Blue Guards were an elite infantry unit of the army of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. Notable campaigns where they fought included the Nine Years' War (1688-97), where they distinguished themselves at the battle of t






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The Dutch Blue Guards were an elite infantry unit of the army of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. Notable campaigns where they fought included the Nine Years' War (1688-97), where they distinguished themselves at the battle of the Boyne
Battle of the Boyne

The Battle of the Boyne was fought in 1690 between two rival claimants of the English, Scottish and Irish thrones - the Catholic James II of England and the Protestant William III of England, who had Glorious revolution....
, battle of Fleurus
Battle of Fleurus (1794)

In the Battle of Fleurus France forces under Jean-Baptiste Jourdan defeated an Austrian army under Prince Josias of Coburg in one of the most decisive battles in the Low Countries during the French Revolutionary Wars....
 and the siege of Limerick (1690)
Siege of Limerick (1690)

Limerick, a city in western Ireland, was besieged twice in the Williamite War in Ireland, 1689-1691. On the first of these occasions, in August to September 1690, its Jacobitism defenders retreated to the city after their defeat at the Battle of the Boyne....
.

From 1688 to 1699 they served as William III of Orange
William III of England

William III was a Prince of Orange by birth. From 1672 onwards, he governed as List_of_stadtholders_for_the_Low_Countries_provinces William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic....
's Guards regiment.