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 Bishopric of Münster
Commanders and leaders
William III of Orange Raimondo Montecuccoli Johann von Sporck
Strength
45,000

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.

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

References

• Felix Stieve (1893), "Sporck, Johann Graf von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 35, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 264–267