Siege of Bonn (1673)

Siege of Bonn
	Part of the Franco-Dutch War
Date	3–12 November 1673
Location	near Bonn, present-day Germany
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic; Holy Roman Empire; Spain	France; Electorate of Cologne
Commanders and leaders
William III of Orange ; Raimondo Montecuccoli ; Johann von Sporck	Von Landsberg; Reveillon
Strength
60,000 men	2,000 men
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The siege of Bonn took place from 3 to 12 November 1673 in Bonn, present day 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.

In 1689 Bonn was again the site of a major siege.

Notes

Felix Stieve (1893), "Sporck, Johann Graf von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 35, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 264–267
Panhuysen, Luc (2009). Rampjaar 1672: Hoe de Republiek aan de ondergang ontsnapte. Uitgeverij Atlas. ISBN 9789045013282.
Nimwegen, Olaf van (2020). De Veertigjarige Oorlog 1672-1712: de strijd van de Nederlanders tegen de Zonnekoning (in Dutch). Prometheus. ISBN 978-9044638714.