Siege of Cambrai (1677)
| Siege of Cambrai | |||||||
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| Part of the Franco-Dutch War | |||||||
The Surrender of Cambrai | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France | Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Louis XIV Duc de Luxembourg Vauban | Dom Pedro de Zavala | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 35,000 (maximum) | 3,000–4,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 800 | Minimal | ||||||
The siege of Cambrai took place from 20 March to 19 April 1677 during the 1672–1678 Franco-Dutch War; then part of the Spanish Netherlands, it was invested by a French army under the duc de Luxembourg. Siege operations were supervised by the military engineer Vauban; Louis XIV was nominally in command but played little part in operations.
An attempt by a combined Dutch-Spanish force under William of Orange to relieve the nearby town of Saint-Omer was defeated by Luxembourg at Cassel on 11 April. Cambrai surrendered on 19 April and was ceded to France by Spain in the September 1678 Treaty of Nijmegen.