Siege of Gravelines (1644)

Siege of Gravelines
Part of 1635 to 1659 Franco-Spanish War
Siege of Gravelines, 1644 by Atlas van Loon
Date 28 May to 28 July 1644 Location Gravelines, Nord region Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Gaston, duc d'Orléans La Meilleraye de Gassion	Francisco de Melo
Strength
20,000	2,200 [1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The 1644 siege of Gravelines took place during the 1635 to 1659 Franco-Spanish War. A French army captured the port of Gravelines, then in the Spanish Netherlands, now the Pas-de-Calais region of northern France.

Siege operations began on 28 May 1644 and the town surrendered on 28 July. Recaptured by the Spanish in 1652, it changed hands again in 1658 and was ceded to France in the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees.