What the records say
- When
- 19 Sep 1709 – 23 Oct 1709
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 50.45° N, 3.95° E
- Description
- siege during the War of the Spanish Succession
Placed at the town its title names, Mons.
Siege of Mons (1709)
1709 siege of the War of the Spanish Succession
The siege of Mons took place between 19 September and 23 October 1709 during the War of the Spanish Succession. It saw a Franco-Spanish garrison in the fortified town of Mons, then in the Spanish Netherlands, besieged by a force of the Duke of Marlborough's Grand Alliance army under the command of the Prince of Orange.
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