What the records say
- When
- 29 Jan 1746 – 22 Feb 1746
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 50.85° N, 4.35° E
- Description
- 1746 siege during the War of the Austrian Succession
Siege of Brussels
1746 siege
The siege of Brussels took place between January and February 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession. A French army under the overall command of Maurice de Saxe, in a bold and innovative winter campaign besieged and captured the city of Brussels, which was then the capital of the Austrian Netherlands, from its Austrian garrison.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Da Großbritannien – durch den Jakobiteraufstand bedrängt – Truppen vom Kontinent abziehen muss”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise de Bruxelles par le maréchal Maurice de Saxe”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “осада Брюсселя”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page