What the records say
- When
- 1702
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.84° N, 5.85° E
- Description
- 1702 battle of the War of the Spanish Succession
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the town its title names, Nijmegen.
Assault on Nijmegen (1702)
1702 battle of the War of the Spanish Succession
The assault on Nijmegen occurred during the War of the Spanish Succession, on 10 and 11 June 1702 involving French troops under the Duke of Boufflers against the small garrison and some citizens of the city of Nijmegen and an Anglo-Dutch army under the Earl of Athlone.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Anglo-Dutch forces skirmish with French forces before the walls of Nijmegen and prevent its fall”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page