Siege of Lille (1708)




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Siege of Lille
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession

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Siege of Lille in 1708













Date 12 August – 10 December 1708
(3 months and 4 weeks)
Location Lille, France
Result
Grand Alliance victory[1]
Belligerents

 United Provinces
 Great Britain
 Habsburg Austria
 France
Commanders and leaders

Habsburg Monarchy Eugene of Savoy,
Kingdom of Great Britain Duke of Marlborough
Kingdom of France Duc de Boufflers
Strength

35,000 besiegers,
120 heavy guns
80 heavy mortars
75,000 in vicinity[2]
16,000 garrison,
159 guns
100,000 in vicinity[2]
Casualties and losses

16,000 killed and wounded[3]

16,000[4]


7,000 killed and wounded
9,000 captured and freed
159 guns





Plan-relief of the fortifications, comprising 16 bastions. The citadel is in the background.


The Siege of Lille (12 August – 10 December 1708) was the salient operation of the 1708 campaign season during the War of the Spanish Succession. After an obstinate defence of 120 days, the French garrison surrendered the city and citadel of Lille, commanded by Marshal Boufflers, to the forces of the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene.


The siege was famous among contemporaries for l'affaire des poudres ("the gunpowder incident"), where the Chevalier de Luxembourg with 2,000 horsemen passed through the Allied lines and succeeded in delivering 40,000 pounds of desperately needed gunpowder to the defenders.[2]


The siege was made possible by the defeat of the French army at the Battle of Oudenarde and the landing in Ostend of large amounts of ammunition and food after the Battle of Wijnendale. For most of the campaign, Eugene commanded the forces besieging Lille, while Marlborough commanded the forces covering those forces against external French interference. For a short period in late September however, after Eugene was injured on the 21st, Marlborough took command of both the besiegers and the covering force.


On 22 October the Allies entered the city at the staggering cost of 12,000 casualties; Boufflers continued to resist from Lille's citadel for several weeks, exacting an additional 4,000 allied casualties.[5] While the allies' deft manoeuvring frustrated French attempts to relieve their precious fortress—the last substantial French bastion in northern Flanders—Boufflers' valiant defence likewise prolonged the siege well into winter, to the point where no operations could be undertaken against France that year.[6] The French defenders of Lille withdrew with full honours of war.


With the loss of Lille, the French presence in northern Flanders crumbled[who?]; the Allies moved against Ghent, taking the city in late December. However, an invasion of France the following summer along the corridor opened by the fall of Lille would run into a bloody standstill at the Battle of Malplaquet.



Notes





  1. ^ Eggenberger, David, An Encyclopedia of Battles, (Courier Dover Publications, 1985), 243.


  2. ^ abc Lynn (1999), p. 321


  3. ^ Childs (1982), p. 133


  4. ^ Bodart 1908, p. 158.


  5. ^ Chandler (1986), p. 89


  6. ^ Treasure (1985), p. 279, notes: "Boufflers defended Lille with inspiring determination, aided by old Vauban who had designed its fortification and now lent his services as a simple volunteer. The allies were made to pay dearly for the city which did not capitulate till December."




References




  • Bodart, G. (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905)..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  • Chandler, David (2003). The Oxford History of the British Army. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280311-5.

  • Lynn, John A. The Wars of Louis XIV, 1667–1714. Longman, (1999).
    ISBN 0-582-05629-2


  • Treasure, Geoffrey (1985). The Making of Modern Europe, 1648-1780. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-05136-1.



External links


  • The siege of Lille 1708

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