Siege of Marchiennes
1712 siege in Northern France
50°24′32″N 3°16′59″E / 50.4089°N 3.2831°E / 50.4089; 3.2831Prussia
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War of the
Spanish Succession
Europe
Spanish Succession
Europe
- Low Countries and Upper France
- 1st Fort Isabella
- Middelburg
- Saint Donas
- Nijmegen
- Venlo
- Stevensweert
- Roermond
- 1st Liége
- Hulst
- Groesbeek
- Tongeren
- Stekene
- Ekeren
- 1st Huy
- Limburg
- 2nd Fort Isabella
- 2nd Huy
- 2nd Liége
- 3rd Huy
- Elixheim
- Zoutleeuw
- Zandvliet
- Diest
- Ramillies
- Antwerp
- Ostend
- Menin
- Dendermonde
- Ath
- Oudenarde
- Wijnendale
- Leffinghe
- Hondschoote
- Saint Ghislain
- Brussels
- Lille
- Ghent
- Tournai
- Malplaquet
- Mons
- 1st Douai
- Béthune
- Saint-Venant
- Aire
- 1st Bouchain
- Arras
- 1st Le Quesnoy
- Landrécies
- Grovestins' Cavalry Raid
- Denain
- Marchiennes
- 2nd Douai
- 2nd Le Quesnoy
- 2nd Bouchain
- Knocke
- Germany and Upper Rhine
- Kaiserswerth
- 1st Landau
- Friedlingen
- Rheinberg
- 1st Trarbach
- Andernach
- Neubourg
- Geldern
- Kehl
- Sigharting
- Bonn
- Munderkingen
- Breisach
- Höchstädt
- Speyerbach
- 2nd Landau
- Augsburg
- Schellenberg
- Rain
- Villingen
- Ingolstadt
- Blenheim
- Ulm
- 3rd Landau
- 2nd Trarbach
- Wissembourg
- Lauterbourg
- Homburg
- 1st Haguenau
- Drusenheim
- 2nd Haguenau
- Bavaria
- Aidenbach
- 3rd Hagenau
- Stollhofen
- Rumersheim
- 4th Landau
- Freiburg
- Italy and Southern France
- Carpi
- Chiari
- Cremona
- 1st Castiglione
- Santa Vittoria
- Luzzara
- Borgoforte
- Guastalla
- Governolo
- Nago
- Arco
- Castelnuovo Bormida
- 1st Susa
- Vercelli
- Ivrea
- Verrua
- Chivasso
- Mirandola
- Cassano
- Nice
- Calcinato
- Turin
- 2nd Castiglione
- Pavia
- Alessandria
- Pizzigetone
- Casale
- Milan
- Toulon
- 2nd Susa
- Gaeta
- Exilles
- Fenestrelles
- Cesana
- Syracuse
- Iberian Peninsula
- Cádiz
- Castello de Vide
- 1st Barcelona
- Portalegre
- 1st Gibraltar
- Ceuta
- 2nd Gibraltar
- Valencia de Alcántara
- Albuquerque
- Montjuïc
- 2nd Barcelona
- Badajoz
- San Mateo
- 3rd Barcelona
- Alcántara
- 1st Ciudad Rodrigo
- 1st Madrid
- Murcia
- El Albujón
- 1st Majorca
- Cuenca
- Elche
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Castellón
- Villena
- Almansa
- Xàtiva
- 2nd Ciudad Rodrigo
- Lleida
- Morella
- Tortosa
- Minorca
- Denia
- Alicante
- La Gudiña
- Almenar
- Zaragoza
- 2nd Madrid
- Brihuega
- Villaviciosa
- 1st Girona
- Aren Fort
- Venasque
- Tortosa
- Cardona
- 2nd Girona
- 4th Barcelona
- 2nd Majorca
- Naval battles
- Vigo Bay
- Cap de la Roque
- Cape Spartel
- Málaga
- Cabrita Point
- Beachy Head
- Lizard Point
The siege of Marchiennes was a siege of the city of Marchiennes in Northern France from 25 July to 30 July 1712 during the War of the Spanish Succession conducted by Duc de Villars. A French 22,000-strong army besieged and, with negligible resistance, recaptured the then Allied-controlled fortifications after a 5-day siege, with the 7,000-strong Dutch-Prussian garrison under Major-General von Berkhoffer either killed, wounded or taken prisoner.
References
- ^ a b c d Bodart 1908, p. 168. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBodart1908 (help)