What the records say
- When
- 11 Jul 1745 – 15 Jul 1745
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 51.05° N, 3.72° E
- Description
- 1745 siege
Fall of Ghent
1745 siege
The Fall of Ghent occurred on 15 July 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession when a 5,000 strong French force under Ulrich Frédéric Woldemar, Comte de Lowendal surprised and captured the town of Ghent in the Austrian Netherlands. The Allied garrison offered little resistance.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Fall of Ghent: The French army occupies Ghent”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise de Gand par les Français”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page