Siege of Namur | |||||||
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Part of War of the Austrian Succession | |||||||
Map of the Namur Fortress in 1745. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France | Dutch Republic | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Maurice de Saxe Count of Clermont | Benjamin Crommelin[1] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
100,000 | 7,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
112 killed 369 wounded [2] | 7,000 prisoner or killed |
The siege of Namur took place between 6 and 30 September 1746, during the War of the Austrian Succession. A French army under command of Marshal Maurice de Saxe, took the city from its Dutch garrison after a three-week siege.[3]
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