What the records say
- When
- 18 Dec 1708 – 30 Dec 1708
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 51.05° N, 3.72° E
- Description
- 1708 siege
Siege of Ghent (1708)
The siege of Ghent was the last operation of the 1708 campaign season during the War of the Spanish Succession. After successfully taking Lille shortly before, the Duke of Marlborough moved his forces onto the town of Ghent where after a 12-day siege the town's governor, Count Charles de La Mothe-Houdancourt, surrendered.
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