Siege of Arras

Name: Siege of Arras
Start: 1640-07-09
End: 1640-08-09

9 Jul 1640 – 9 Aug 1640 · 50.29° N, 2.78° E

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When: 9 Jul 1640 – 9 Aug 1640
Kind: Siege
Coordinates: 50.29° N, 2.78° E
Description: 1640 battle

Siege of Arras (1640)

Siege during the Franco-Spanish War

The siege of Arras took place from 22 June to 9 August 1640, during the Franco-Spanish War that had begun in 1635, a connected conflict of the Thirty Years' War. A French army besieged the Spanish-held town of Arras, capital of the province of Artois, then part of the Spanish Netherlands, which surrendered after holding out for 48 days.

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