What the records say
- When
- 25 Apr 1745 – 19 Jun 1745
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 50.60° N, 3.38° E
- Description
- 1745 siege during the War of the Austrian Succession
Siege of Tournai (1745)
Siege during the War of the Austrian Succession
The siege of Tournai was a two-month siege of the city and citadel of Tournai, then part of the Austrian Netherlands, in 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession. The allied Pragmatic Army's attempt to relieve the siege resulted in the decisive French victory at the Battle of Fontenoy on 11 May.
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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 “Französische Truppen unter Moritz von Sachsen beginnen mit der Belagerung von Tournai”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “осада Турне”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page