Battle of Soissons

The Battle of Soissons can refer to one of several important historical battles, all of which took place in the vicinity of the French town Soissons:

• Battle of Soissons (486), A battle between the Franks, under Clovis I, and a Roman successor state, under Syagrius
• Battle of Soissons (718), A battle between the Neustrians, under Chilperic II and Ragenfrid, with the Aquitainians, under Odo the Great, against the Austrasians, under Charles Martel, who won
• Battle of Soissons (923), A battle during which King Robert I of France was killed, possibly by Charles III, and the latter was defeated and imprisoned by Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy who succeeded Robert I as French monarch
• Battle of Soissons (1814), A Napoleonic Wars battle
• Battle of Soissons (1918), A World War I battle, waged from July 18–22, 1918, between French-American and German troops.