Conflict: | Siege of Bonn |
Partof: | the Franco-Dutch War |
Date: | 3–12 November 1673 |
Place: | near Bonn, present-day Germany |
Result: | Allied victory |
Combatant1: | ![]() |
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Commander1: | William III of Orange Raimondo Montecuccoli Johann von Sporck |
Commander2: | Von Landsberg Reveillon |
Strength1: | 60,000 men |
Strength2: | 2,000 men |
Casualties1: | Unknown |
Casualties2: | 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.