Siege of Bouchain

Wann

1. Okt. 1712 – 19. Okt. 1712

Art

Belagerung

Koordinaten

50.28° N, 3.32° E

Description

1712 siege of the War of the Spanish Succession

The siege of Bouchain, was a siege of the War of the Spanish Succession, and a victory for the French troops of the Duc de Villars. A French army of 20,000 men besieged and captured the Allied-controlled fortifications after an 18-day siege, with the 2,000-strong Dutch-Imperial garrison under Major-General Frederik Sirtema van Grovestins capitulating on 19 October.

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