Siege of Mons

When

15 Mar 1691 – 10 Apr 1691

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

50.45° N, 3.95° E

Description

1691 battle of the Nine Years' War

1691 battle of the Nine Years' War

The siege of Mons, 15 March – 10 April 1691, was a major operation fought during the Nine Years' War, and was the main French objective for the 1691 campaign in the Spanish Netherlands. The city was besieged and captured before the normal commencement of the campaigning season with minimal losses.

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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 “Nine Years' War: French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Belagerung von Mons endet mit der Übergabe der Stadt an die von Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban geführten französischen Belagerungstruppen Ludwigs XIV.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “siège et prise de Mons par Luxembourg en présence du roi de France”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “осада Монса”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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