What the records say
- When
- 20 Feb 1703 – 10 Mar 1703
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 48.57° N, 7.81° E
- Description
- 1703 siege
Siege of Kehl (1703)
The 1703 siege of Kehl was a military action of the War of the Spanish Succession, in which French and Spanish forces under the command of the Duc de Villars captured the fortress of the Holy Roman Empire at Kehl, opposite Strasbourg on the Rhine River. Siege operations began on 20 February 1703, following Villars's early departure from winter quarters.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début du siège de Kehl”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page