Siege of Bergen op Zoom

When

Jul 1747 – Sep 1747

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

51.50° N, 4.30° E

Description

1747 siege of the Austrian War of Succession

Part of the Austrian War of Succession

The siege of Bergen op Zoom took place during the Austrian War of Succession, when a French army, under the command of Count Löwendal and the overall direction of Marshal Maurice de Saxe, laid siege and captured the strategic Dutch border fortress of Bergen op Zoom on the border of Brabant and Zeeland in 1747.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Netherlands city of Bergen op Zoom falls to the Army of France after a 70 day siege during the War of the Austrian Succession”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die am 1. Juli begonnene Belagerung von Bergen op Zoom endet nach einem die niederländischen Verteidiger völlig überrumpelnden Generalangriff mit der Eroberung…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début du siège de Berg-op-Zoom”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “осада Берген-оп-Зома”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “オーストリア継承戦争 - ベルヘン・オプ・ゾーム攻囲戦。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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