Siege of Mons (1709)

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The Siege of Mons (1709) was a major Allied operation during the War of the Spanish Succession in which forces under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene captured the strategic fortress city of Mons from the French.

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Siege of Mons (1709) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
siege ⓘ
aimedTo reduce French-held fortresses in the Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Mons ⓘ
attackedBy Allied army under Marlborough and Eugene ⓘ
belligerentSide Allied siege forces ⓘ
French garrison ⓘ
chronologicalOrderInWar late-war campaign of 1709 ⓘ
combatant Dutch Republic ⓘ
Grand Alliance ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
commander Claude Louis Hector de Villars ⓘ
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Prince Eugene of Savoy ⓘ
conflictIn War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
conflictType early modern European siege ⓘ
countryAtTime Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
defendedBy French Army ⓘ
followedBy siege of Tournai (1710) ⓘ
fortressType Vauban-style fortress city ⓘ
garrisonSurrendered yes ⓘ
hasEndDate 1709-10-20 ⓘ
hasLocation Hainaut ⓘ
Mons ⓘ
Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
present-day Belgium ⓘ
hasStartDate 1709-09-19 ⓘ
hasYear 1709 ⓘ
historicalEra early 18th century ⓘ
modernCountry Belgium ⓘ
notableLeaderAllies John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Prince Eugene of Savoy ⓘ
notableLeaderFrance Claude Louis Hector de Villars ⓘ
objective capture of the fortress city of Mons ⓘ
partOf War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
partOfCampaign Allied 1709 campaign in the Low Countries ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Malplaquet ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
resultedIn capture of Mons by Allied forces ⓘ
strategicImportance control of key fortress in the Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
theatreOfWar Low Countries theatre of the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
usedWarfareType artillery bombardment ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ
trench approaches ⓘ

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Siege of Tournai (1709) → followedBy → Siege of Mons (1709) ⓘ
Flanders campaign → notableSiege → Siege of Mons (1709) ⓘ