Siege of Mons (1691)

Siege of Mons (1691)
Part of the Nine Years' War
Louis XIV Accepting the Surrender of Mons
Date 15 March–10 April 1691 Location Mons, Spanish Netherlands (Present-day Belgium) Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Spain  Dutch Republic  Holy Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
King Louis XIV Marquis de Vauban Duc de Boufflers Louis, Grand Dauphin	Prince of Grimberghen Marquis of Gastañaga
Strength
92,000[1] 90 guns	~4,800[2]
Casualties and losses
No data	No data

The siege of Mons, 15 March–10 April 1691, was a major operation fought during the Nine Years' War, and was the main French objective for the 1691 campaign in the Spanish Netherlands. The city was besieged and captured before the normal commencement of the campaigning season with minimal losses. The outcome was not in doubt, but in a conflict dominated by siege warfare, neither the French army of King Louis XIV, nor the forces of the Grand Alliance under King William III, could bring about a decisive battle. After the siege the duc de Boufflers bombarded the neutral city of Liège, whilst the duc de Luxembourg captured Halle, and scored a minor victory against the Prince of Waldeck at the Battle of Leuze in September. Strategically, however, little had changed in the war, and both combatants returned to winter quarters at the end of the campaigning season.