Siege of Douai (1710)

Siege of Douai (1710)
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
A plan of the siege of Douai in 1710 by Naudin
Date 22 April – 25 June 1710 Location Douai Result Grand Alliance victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic  Great Britain Habsburg monarchy	France
Commanders and leaders
Guillaume le Vasseur des Rocques John William Friso Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau	François Albergotti
Strength
27,000	7,500-8,000
Casualties and losses
8,000	3,000

The siege of Douai, which lasted from 22 April 1710 until the capitulation of the garrison under lieutenant-general François Zénobe Philippe Albergotti on 25 June 1710 was part of the Allied Campaign of 1710 in the War of the Spanish Succession. The siege was conducted under the joint command of the Princ of Orange and Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and successfully concluded despite the fact that halfway through the French army under marshal Claude Louis Hector de Villars, 1st Duke of Villars made an attempt to relieve the fortress city, which led to an indecisive stand-off for four days with the Allied Army under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy. After Douai the Allies went on to besiege Béthune.