Bombardment of Arras

Bombardment of Arras
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
A 1712 print depicting the bombardment
Date 2–3 March, 1712 Location Arras, Kingdom of France Result Anglo-Dutch victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic  Great Britain	France
Commanders and leaders
Lord Albemarle Count of Hompesch Frederik Sirtema van Grovestins William Cadogan	Pierre de Montesquiou d'Artagnan
Strength
36 infantry battalions 44 cavalry squadrons (c. 17,400 men) 22 guns and mortars[1][2]	Unknown
Casualties and losses
20 killed and wounded[3]	1 to 1.2 million rations Unknown killed and wounded

The bombardment of Arras was an engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession which took place on 2–3 March 1712. A Grand Alliance army under the command of Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle closed in on Arras with the aim of destroying the supplies held there. The Allies intended for this to prevent the French from fending off sieges of Arras and Cambrai. Although the Allied succeeded, the advantages gained to them were ultimately unexploited due to Austrian troops arriving too late to the Allied army.