Siege of Doullens

Siege of Doullens
	Part of the Franco-Spanish War (1595-1598)
	; View of the citadel of Doullens.
Date	14–31 July 1595
Location	Doullens, Picardy, France50°09′27″N 2°20′29″E / 50.1575°N 2.3414°E
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France; Huguenots	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Duke of Bouillon; François d'Orléans; André de Brancas (POW)	Count of Fuentes; Carlos Coloma
Strength
Unknown	8,000
Casualties and losses
At least 6,000 dead or captured	Unknown

The siege of Doullens, also known as the Spanish capture of Doullens or the Storming of Doullens, took place between 14 and 31 July 1595, as part of the Franco-Spanish War (1595-1598), in the context of the French Wars of Religion.^[1]^[4] After ten days of siege, on 24 July, the combined forces of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, André de Brancas, Amiral de Villars, and François d'Orléans-Longueville, tried to relieve the city, but were severely defeated by the Spanish forces led by Don Pedro Henríquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes, and Don Carlos Coloma.^[3] Villars was taken prisoner and executed, and the Duke of Bouillon fled to Amiens with the rest of the French army. Finally, a few days after, on 31 July, the Spanish troops stormed Doullens.^[5] The Spaniards killed everybody in the city, military and civilians alike, shouting "Remember Ham" (Spanish: "Recordad Ham"), in retaliation for the massacre against the Spanish garrison of Ham by the French and Protestant soldiers under Bouillon's orders.^[1]^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Wernham pp.29–30
^ Fuentes punished the French army severely for their temerity, repulsing their horsemen, massacring their infantry, and capturing their munitions and supplies. R. B. Wernham
^ ^a ^b ^c Wernham p.29
^ ^a ^b ^c Arthur Demarsy. pp.8–16
^ Wernham p.30