| Siege of Venlo | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the War of the Spanish Succession | |||||||||
&sq=War_Crimes&lang=en&file=File:Venlo_september_1702-2.jpg) Depiction of the 1702 siege of Venlo by Daniël Marot | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Dutch Republic |
 France Bourbon Spain | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
|
Earl of Athlone van Coehoorn Nicolas Fagel Nassau-Usingen |
Count of Varo Count de Labadie | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 25,000 men[2] | 2,500 men[3][note 1] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 1,100[2] | 839[2] | ||||||||
The siege of Venlo was an 12-day siege of the city of Venlo commenced by the Grand Alliance which saw the city being taken after being occupied by French troops the year before. The siege of Venlo in 1702 was one of many sieges that Venlo had endured throughout its history.
- ^ Coetzee 2013, p. 242.
- ^ a b c Nimwegen 1995, p. 101.
- ^ Nimwegen 1995, p. 100.
- ^ Wijn 1956, p. 150.
Cite error: There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=note}} template (see the help page).
© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search