Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1814)

Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1814)
Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition
British illustration of the attack
Date 8 March 1814[1] Location Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands 51°29′46″N 4°17′05″E / 51.4960°N 4.2847°E / 51.4960; 4.2847 Result French victory[1]
Belligerents
France	United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Jean-Jacques Ambert Guilin Bizanet	Thomas Graham
Strength
2,700[1]	4,000-9,000[1]
Casualties and losses
500-600[1] killed, wounded, or captured	920-1,900 killed and wounded[1] 2,263 captured[2]
class=notpageimage| Location within Europe

War of the Sixth Coalition:
Campaign Low Countries 1814

50km
30miles

Courtrai

4

Bergen op Zoom

Antwerp

2

Hoogstraten

1

  

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The siege of Bergen op Zoom (8 March 1814), took place during the War of the Sixth Coalition between a British force led by Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch and a French garrison under Guilin Laurent Bizanet and Jean-Jacques Ambert. The initial British assault force seized part of the defences, but a well-managed French counterattack compelled much of the assault force to surrender. Bergen op Zoom is a port in the Netherlands about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Rotterdam and 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Antwerp in Belgium.