Siege of Trarbach | |||||||
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Part of the War of the Polish Succession | |||||||
An engraving depicting the bombardment of Trarbach and the Grevenburg | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of France | Holy Roman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Duc de Belle-Isle | Wilhelm Ludwig Freiherr von Hohenfeld[1] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
20,000 | 700 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
200 | 10 |
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The siege of Trarbach (10 April – 2 May 1734) was conducted during the War of the Polish Succession by French troops against a garrison of troops of the Holy Roman Empire in the fortress at Trarbach in the County of Sponheim, a small principality of the Holy Roman Empire (Trarbach is now in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). The French, led by Marshal Belle-Isle, were victorious, and destroyed the fortress.