Siege of Bonn (1673)
The Siege of Bonn took place from 3 to 12 November 1673 in Bonn, Germany, during the Franco-Dutch War. Having forced the armies of Louis XIV to retreat, the Dutch in 1673 went on the offensive. At Bonn, a garrison consisting of troops from France and the Electorate of Cologne was besieged by a force from the Dutch Republic (commanded by stadtholder William III), the Holy Roman Empire (commanded by Raimondo Montecuccoli), and Spain. The allied forces captured the garrison following a nine-day siege.
| Siege of Bonn | |||||||
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| Part of the Franco-Dutch War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Dutch Republic.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Holy Roman Empire Spain |
 France Electorate of Cologne | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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William III of Orange Raimondo Montecuccoli Johann von Sporck[1] |
Von Landsberg Reveillon | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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10,000 Dutch mercenaries 15,000 Spanish mercenaries | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
In 1689 Bonn was again the site of a major siege.
Notes
- Stieve 1893, pp. 266–267.
References
- Felix Stieve (1893), "Sporck, Johann Graf von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), vol. 35, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 264–267
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