Siege of Bonn (1673)
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| Siege of Bonn | |||||||
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| Part of the Franco-Dutch War | |||||||
| File:De verovering van Bonn door Willem III, 1673 De Verovering van Bon (titel op object), RP-P-OB-82.382.jpg | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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File:Statenvlag.svg Dutch Republic File:Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Holy Roman Empire File:Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spain |
File:Royal Standard of the King of France.svg France File:Black St George's Cross.svg Electorate of Cologne | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Dutch Republic William III of Orange Holy Roman Empire Raimondo Montecuccoli Holy Roman Empire Johann von Sporck[1] |
Electorate of Cologne Von Landsberg Kingdom of France Reveillon | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 60,000 men[2] | 2,000 men[3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
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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
This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2017) |
- ↑ Stieve 1893, pp. 266–267.
- ↑ Panhuysen 2009, p. 395.
- ↑ Nimwegen 2020, p. 134.
References
- Felix Stieve (1893), "Sporck, Johann Graf von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in Deutsch), 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.
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