Siege of Bonn (1703)
Part of theWar of the Spanish Succession
Coehoorn at the Siege of Bonn
Date 24 April 1703 – 15 May 1703 Location Bonn Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France Spain Cologne	Holy Roman Empire Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
Yves d'Alègre	Menno van Coehoorn Prince of Hesse François Nicolas Fagel
Strength
10 infantry battalions (3,600 men)	40 infantry battalions 60 squadrons of cavalry
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

Thesiege of Bonn took place in 1703 during theWar of the Spanish Succession when anAllied force laid siege to and forced the surrender of the French garrison of the city ofBonn. The Allied forces were part of a general field army commanded byJohn Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.^[1] The siege was portrayed in a contemporaneous painting byAlexander van Gaelen.

It was the third siege of the city in thirty years, previous actions having taken place in1673 and1689.

• Holmes, Richard.Marlborough: England's Fragile Genius. Harper Press, 2008.

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