Siege of Bonn (1673)
| Siege of Bonn | |||||||
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| Part of the Franco-Dutch War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Dutch Republic Holy Roman Empire Spain |
 France Electorate of Cologne | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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William III of Orange Raimondo Montecuccoli Johann von Sporck[1] |
Von Landsberg Reveillon | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 60,000 men[2] | 2,000 men[3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The siege of Bonn took place from 3 to 12 November 1673 in Bonn, present day Germany, during the Franco-Dutch War. Having forced the armies of Louis XIV to retreat, the Dutch in 1673 went on the offensive. At Bonn, a garrison consisting of troops from France and the Electorate of Cologne was besieged by a force from the Dutch Republic (commanded by stadtholder William III), the Holy Roman Empire (commanded by Raimondo Montecuccoli), and Spain. The allied forces captured the garrison following a nine-day siege.
In 1689 Bonn was again the site of a major siege.
Notes
[edit] | This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2017) |
- ^ Stieve 1893, pp. 266–267.
- ^ Panhuysen 2009, p. 395.
- ^ Nimwegen 2020, p. 134.
References
[edit]- Felix Stieve (1893), "Sporck, Johann Graf von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 35, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 264–267
- Panhuysen, Luc (2009). Rampjaar 1672: Hoe de Republiek aan de ondergang ontsnapte. Uitgeverij Atlas. ISBN 9789045013282.
- Nimwegen, Olaf van (2020). De Veertigjarige Oorlog 1672-1712: de strijd van de Nederlanders tegen de Zonnekoning (in Dutch). Prometheus. ISBN 978-9044638714.