Siege of Bouchain (1712)

Siege of Bouchain (1712)
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
Plan-relief of the Bouchain fort.
Date 1 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[1]	970[2][3] 23 guns 2 mortars 2 stone mortars[3]
Casualties and losses
400 killed and wounded[1]	all killed and captured[2][3]

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.