Siege of Bouchain (1712)

Siege of Bouchain (1712)
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession

Plan-relief of the Bouchain fort.
Date1 October – 19 October 1712
(2 weeks and 4 days)
Location
Bouchain, France
50°17′04″N 3°19′04″E / 50.2844°N 3.3178°E / 50.2844; 3.3178
Result French victory
Belligerents
 France  Dutch Republic
 Holy Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Duc de Villars Frederik Sirtema van Grovestins
Strength
20,000
40 artillery pieces		 970
23 guns
2 mortars
2 stone mortars
Casualties and losses
400 killed and wounded All killed or captured

The siege of Bouchain (1 October – 19 October 1712), was a siege of the War of the Spanish Succession, and a victory for the French troops of the Duc de Villars. A French army of 20,000 men besieged and captured the Allied-controlled fortifications after an 18-day siege, with the 2,000-strong Dutch-Imperial garrison under Major-General Frederik Sirtema van Grovestins capitulating on 19 October.

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