Siege of Bonn (1673)

Siege during the Franco-Dutch War

Siege of Bonn

Part of the Franco-Dutch War
| Date| 3–12 November 1673

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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[1]|  Von Landsberg
Reveillon
Strength
60,000 men[2]|  2,000 men[3]
Casualties and losses
Unknown|  Unknown

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Franco-Dutch War

Low Countries and Lower Rhine

* Groenlo
* Bredevoort
* Tolhuis
* Groningen
* Aardenburg
* Coevorden
* Woerden
* 1st Maastricht
* Staphorst
* Naarden
* Bonn
* Seneffe
* Grave
* 2nd Maastricht
* Valenciennes
* Cassel
* Cambrai
* Ghent
* Ypres
* Saint-Denis

Upper Rhine

* Sinsheim
* Entzheim
* Mulhouse
* Turckheim
* Salzbach
* Altenheim
* Konzer Brücke
* Trier
* Philippsburg
* Kochersberg
* Freiburg
* Rheinfelden
* Ortenbach

France

* Besançon
* Noirmoutier

Southern Italy

* 1st Messina

North Germany and Scandinavia

* Brandenburg
* Rathenow
* Nauen
* Fehrbellin
* Bremen-Verden
* Gotland
* Christianstad
* Halmstad
* Lund
* Malmö
* Landskrona
* Marstrand
* Conquest of Jemtland
* Uddevalla
* Warksow
* Rügen
* Stralsund
* Great Sleigh Drive

Pyrenees

* Maureillas
* Espouilles

Americas

* Dutch Raid on North America
* 1st Curaçao
* New Netherland
* Acadia
* Martinique

Naval battles

* Action of 12 March 1672
* Solebay
* First and Second Schooneveld
* James River
* Texel
* Masulipatnam
* Málaga
* 2nd Messina
* Stromboli
* Augusta
* Bornholm
* Öland
* Palermo
* Tobago
* Møn
* Køge Bay
* Wissant

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

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1. ^ Stieve 1893, pp. 266–267.
2. ^ Panhuysen 2009, p. 395.
3. ^ Nimwegen 2020, p. 134.

## References

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* 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.

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