Dutch and German Theatre (War of the Spanish Succession)
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Was the theatre of war of the War of the Spanish Succession in Germany and the Low Countries.
Chronology
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November 1702: Venlo, Stevensweert, Roermond, and Liege conquered by joint Dutch and British forces.
January 1703: In mid-January 1704 the Elector of Bavaria took Passau on the Danube.
May 1703: Siege of Bonn.
July 1703: Rheinberg and Bonn fell early to the Allied forces led by France.
September 1703: In 1703, during the War of the Spanish Succession, Margrave Louis William of Baden-Baden, a German military commander, led the imperial forces to capture the city of Landau on September 9th. This victory was a significant strategic gain for the Allied forces in the conflict.
October 1703: Marshal Tallard, a French military leader, captured Breisach am Rhein in September 1703.
November 1703: Huy, Limburg, and Geldern conquered by joint Durch and British forces.
November 1703: In 1703, Landau was conquered back by the French military under the command of Marshal Villars during the War of the Spanish Succession. The city had previously been captured by the Holy Roman Empire in 1702.
November 1704: By the Treaty of Ilbersheim, signed 7 November 1704, Bavaria was placed under Austrian military rule, allowing the Habsburgs to use its resources for the rest of the War of the Spanish Succession.
November 1704: While Ludwig von Baden besieged the Landau Fortress, which capitulated on November 26th.
January 1705: Trarbach conquered by austria.
August 1708: The cities of Ghent and Bruges in the Spanish Netherlands were occupied by France after popular discontent with the Allied administration.
December 1708: In 1708, during the War of the Spanish Succession, Ghent and Bruges were retaken by the Anglo-Dutch forces led by the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy. This restored the authority of the Anglo-Dutch condominium over the territory, which had been under military occupation by the Dutch Republic and Great Britain.
November 1709: Mons, a city in modern-day Belgium, fell in October 1709 during the War of the Spanish Succession. The territory was then occupied by the Dutch Republic and Great Britain, led by military commanders such as the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy.
June 1710: During the War of the Spanish Succession, the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene led the Allied forces to victory in Douai in 1710. The Cambrin Lines were breached, and the strategic fortress of Douai fell under Dutch Republic and British military occupation.
November 1710: From the end of 1710 the campaign of the duke and prince Eugene of Savoy achieved new successes with the capture of Béthune, Saint-Venant and, at the beginning of November, Aire-sur-la-Lys.
September 1711: The Duke of Marlborough continued to hold command of the Anglo-Dutch forces in northern France, and in August he managed to bypass Villars and pass through the formidable Ne Plus Ultra defense lines, before capturing Bouchain on September 12th.
July 1712: Landrecies conquered the last fortress of the pré carré which divided it from Paris.
August 1712: In 1712, during the War of the Spanish Succession, the Duke of Marlborough led the reconquest of Douai and Le Quesnoy from French military occupation. This victory was a significant turning point in the conflict between France and the Grand Alliance.
December 1713: Freiburg conquered by france.
September 1704: Ulm and Ingolstadt conquered by austria.
September 1709: The allies invested Tournai in July. The citadel was only taken on 3 September.
September 1713: Landau, a fortified town in the Holy Roman Empire, was captured by the French under Marshal Villars in August 1713.
January 1705: Trier conquered by austria.
October 1708: Lille is besieged by the Allied (Spanish Succession).
July 1702: In June 1702, Kaiserswerth was captured by Prince Eugene of Savoy during the War of the Spanish Succession. The territory was then occupied by the Dutch Republic and Great Britain.
November 1704: The Treaty of Ilbersheim between Austria and Bavaria was signed on November 7, 1704, three months after the Battle of Blenheim. It had the effect of removing Bavaria from the War of the Spanish Succession. By the terms of the treaty, Bavaria was essentially placed under military occupation by Austria and the Palatinate.
Was a military campaign by England-Scotland and the Dutch Republic against French occupation in the Low Countries, during the War of the Spanish Succession.
May 1706: Anglo-Dutch conquest of Louvain.
May 1706: Anglo-Dutch conquest of Brussels.
June 1706: Anglo-Dutch conquest of Oudenarde.
June 1706: Anglo-Dutch conquest of Bruges.
July 1706: Anglo-Dutch conquest of Ostend.
August 1706: Anglo-Dutch conquest of Menin.
October 1706: Anglo-Dutch conquest of Ath.
May 1706: Anglo-Dutch conquest of Ghent.
Selected Sources
Ramillies campaign 1706 - Allied gains. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 1 April 2024 on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ramillies_campaign_1706_-_Allied_gains.png
Saunders Webb, S. (2013): Marlborough's America, New Haven (USA), p. 144
