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De subsistentie van het leger: Logistiek en strategie van het
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and without preparatory sapping, but judged the increased speed worth it against the protestations of his engineers. The French also made use of a
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The French lost 400 killed and wounded (2% of their force). The whole Allied garrison was either killed, wounded or taken prisoner.
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The subsistence of the Allied and especially the Dutch army during the War of the
Spanish Succession
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Vauban Under Siege: Engineering
Efficiency and Martial Vigor in the War of the Spanish Succession
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attack to distract the garrison and constructed only two trench parallels instead of
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Bouchain a year earlier and concluded the Anglo-Dutch portion of the war in the
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the previous year after a 34 day siege, ending on 12 September 1711.
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in July 1712, the French
Marshal Villars' army captured the forts of
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over the next three months. Displaying great energy, Villars'
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1319:. A French army of 20,000 men besieged and captured the
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1680:. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Spellmount Publishers Ltd.
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1350:Having taken advantage of the overstretched Allied
1417:provided the French army with siege material and
1700:] (Thesis) (in Dutch). Universiteit Utrecht.
1665:Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905)
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1378:on 1 October even before the French siege of
1315:, and a victory for the French troops of the
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1755:Battles of the War of the Spanish Succession
1678:Marlborough as Military Commander (1989 ed.)
1354:by crushing a Dutch-Imperial detachment at
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1382:was complete on 4 October. Villars and
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1394:I am pressing vigorously to open the
1307:(1 October – 19 October 1712), was a
7:
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1421:workers. The Allied garrison had 23
1345:captured Bouchain from French forces
1770:History of Nord (French department)
1765:Military history of Hauts-de-France
1750:Sieges involving the Dutch Republic
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1469:Villars' victory nullified the
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187:Frederik Sirtema van Grovestins
277:Low Countries and Upper France
55:(2 weeks and 4 days)
1:
1725:(in Dutch). Martinus Nijhoff.
1335:capitulating on 19 October.
1331:garrison under Major-General
1313:War of the Spanish Succession
26:War of the Spanish Succession
1692:Nimwegen, Olaf van (1995).
53:1 October – 19 October 1712
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1448:stormed and captured the
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523:Grovestins' Cavalry Raid
19:Siege of Bouchain (1712)
1745:Sieges involving France
1352:lines of communications
559:Germany and Upper Rhine
222:970 killed and captured
1461:'s recommended three.
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1061:Santa Cruz de Tenerife
219:400 killed and wounded
162:Commanders and leaders
986:Valencia de Alcántara
214:Casualties and losses
41:of the Bouchain fort.
1705:Ostwald, J. (2006).
1721:Wijn, J.W. (1964).
1663:Bodart, G. (1908).
1471:Duke of Marlborough
824:Castelnuovo Bormida
200:40 artillery pieces
83: /
1413:French provincial
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1026:1st Ciudad Rodrigo
262:Spanish Succession
87:50.2844°N 3.3178°E
1740:Conflicts in 1712
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929:Fenestrelles
715:2nd Haguenau
705:1st Haguenau
685:2nd Trarbach
650:Schellenberg
620:Munderkingen
585:1st Trarbach
565:Kaiserswerth
548:2nd Bouchain
547:
503:1st Bouchain
493:Saint-Venant
308:Stevensweert
115:Belligerents
24:Part of the
1512:Bodart 1908
1450:covered way
1431:swivel guns
1360:Marchiennes
1287:Beachy Head
1250:Nagymajtény
1220:Nagyszombat
1205:Schmöllnitz
1186:2nd Majorca
1046:1st Majorca
991:Albuquerque
894:Pizzigetone
889:Alessandria
737:3rd Hagenau
695:Lauterbourg
690:Wissembourg
575:Friedlingen
533:Marchiennes
448:Hondschoote
418:Dendermonde
293:Saint Donas
90: /
39:Plan-relief
1734:Categories
1485:Casualties
1415:intendants
1380:Le Quesnoy
1368:Le Quesnoy
1200:Eisenstadt
1176:2nd Girona
1151:1st Girona
1136:2nd Madrid
1041:El AlbujĂłn
1031:1st Madrid
966:Portalegre
799:Borgoforte
752:4th Landau
747:Rumersheim
742:Stollhofen
710:Drusenheim
680:3rd Landau
665:Ingolstadt
640:2nd Landau
635:Speyerbach
610:Sigharting
570:1st Landau
518:Landrécies
473:Malplaquet
438:Wijnendale
288:Middelburg
260:War of the
75:50°17′04″N
1544:Wijn 1964
1493:Citations
1465:Aftermath
1446:companies
1443:grenadier
1384:Louis XIV
1374:besieged
1156:Aren Fort
1121:La Gudiña
1066:CastellĂłn
1021:Alcántara
1011:San Mateo
869:Calcinato
854:Mirandola
809:Governolo
804:Guastalla
732:Aidenbach
660:Villingen
630:Höchstädt
590:Andernach
580:Rheinberg
538:2nd Douai
483:1st Douai
443:Leffinghe
428:Oudenarde
398:Ramillies
388:Zandvliet
383:Zoutleeuw
368:2nd Liége
328:Groesbeek
318:1st Liége
207:2 mortars
78:3°19′04″E
1709:. Brill.
1475:conquest
1441:. Eight
1401:—
1396:trenches
1388:blockade
1376:Bouchain
1329:Imperial
1262:Vigo Bay
1161:Venasque
1141:Brihuega
1131:Zaragoza
1116:Alicante
996:MontjuĂŻc
939:Syracuse
914:2nd Susa
849:Chivasso
834:Vercelli
829:1st Susa
757:Freiburg
725:Sendling
670:Blenheim
645:Augsburg
625:Breisach
595:Neubourg
453:Brussels
378:Elixheim
333:Tongeren
313:Roermond
298:Nijmegen
193:Strength
67:, France
65:Bouchain
60:Location
1657:Sources
1427:mortars
1419:peasant
1403:Villars
1339:Prelude
1311:of the
1235:TrenÄŤĂn
1193:Hungary
1171:Cardona
1166:Tortosa
1126:Almenar
1106:Minorca
1101:Tortosa
1096:Morella
1076:Almansa
1071:Villena
1006:Badajoz
924:Exilles
859:Cassano
794:Luzzara
779:Cremona
720:Bavaria
700:Homburg
600:Geldern
488:BĂ©thune
468:Tournai
403:Antwerp
373:3rd Huy
363:2nd Huy
353:Limburg
348:1st Huy
338:Stekene
205:23 guns
1714:
1685:
1669:Vienna
1459:Vauban
1429:and 2
1356:Denain
1321:Allied
1277:Málaga
1240:Kölesd
1091:Lleida
1081:XĂ tiva
1051:Cuenca
1036:Murcia
934:Cesana
909:Toulon
899:Casale
844:Verrua
774:Chiari
553:Knocke
528:Denain
408:Ostend
343:Ekeren
266:Europe
198:20,000
153:
141:
130:France
127:
103:Result
1696:[
1455:feint
1409:Siege
1364:Douai
1325:Dutch
1309:siege
1245:Kassa
1225:ZsibĂł
1111:Denia
1056:Elche
976:Ceuta
951:Cádiz
919:Gaeta
904:Milan
884:Pavia
874:Turin
839:Ivrea
769:Carpi
508:Arras
463:Ghent
433:Lille
413:Menin
393:Diest
323:Hulst
303:Venlo
1712:ISBN
1683:ISBN
1437:the
1425:, 2
1423:guns
1366:and
1303:The
1215:Páta
1210:Raab
864:Nice
819:Arco
814:Nago
655:Rain
615:Bonn
605:Kehl
498:Aire
478:Mons
50:Date
1473:'s
1435:sap
675:Ulm
423:Ath
203:970
1736::
1667:.
1614:^
1563:^
1534:^
1519:^
1500:^
1362:,
1327:-
251:e
244:t
237:v
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