Siege of Zoutleeuw

Siege of Zoutleeuw
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
Town hall and cloth hall of Zoutleeuw in 2005.
Date Investment: 29 August – 5 September 1705 (1 week) Siege: 31 August – 5 September 1705 (5 days) Location Zoutleeuw, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 50°49′59″N 5°06′14″E / 50.833°N 5.104°E / 50.833; 5.104 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Allies:  Dutch Republic  England  Scotland  Holy Roman Empire	France
Commanders and leaders
Lieutenant general Dedem	Brigadier general Dumont
Strength
10,000 men[1] 16 artillery pieces	400 men 18 guns 2 mortars
Casualties and losses
Light	400 men captured or killed 20 guns and mortars captured

The siege of Zoutleeuw or the siege of Léau (29 August 1705 – 5 September 1705) was a siege of the War of the Spanish Succession. Allied troops with 16 artillery pieces under the command of the English Captain general the Duke of Marlborough, besieged and captured the small French-held Brabantine fortified town of Zoutleeuw in the Spanish Netherlands.^[2][3][4]