Siege of Tournai (1745)

Siege of Tournai
Part of the War of the Austrian Succession
Siège de Tournai par Louis XV by Louis Nicolas Van Blarenberghe
Date 28 April – 19 June 1745 Location Tournai, Austrian Netherlands 50°36′20″N 03°23′17″E / 50.60556°N 3.38806°E / 50.60556; 3.38806 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
Louis XV Marshal Saxe Marquis de Dreux-Brézé	Baron Van Dorth (city) Baron Van Brackel (citadel)
Strength
72,000 (at peak)	~9,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	~2,500
Tournai class=notpageimage| Location of Tournai in modern day Belgium

The siege of Tournai was a two-month siege of the city and citadel of Tournai, then part of the Austrian Netherlands, in 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession. The allied Pragmatic Army's attempt to relieve the siege resulted in the decisive French victory at the Battle of Fontenoy on 11 May. The largely Dutch garrison of the city subsequently surrendered to French forces on 22 May, while the garrison of the citadel surrendered on 19 June 1745. It was one of the longest sieges of the war.