Siege of Dunkirk
Part of theThirty Years' War and theEighty Years' War
Depiction of the siege by Sauveur Le Conte
Date 7 September – 11 October 1646 Location Dunkirk,Spanish Netherlands (Modern dayFrance) Result Franco-Dutch victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France Dutch Republic	Spain Spanish Netherlands
Commanders and leaders
Louis II, Condé Maarten Tromp	Guillaume de Lede

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Thesiege of Dunkirk was a siege commenced byFrance under the command ofLouis, le Grand Condé with naval support of theDutch Republic under the command of admiralMaarten Tromp, who were able to blockade the city to help Condé's siege.^[1][2]

Before Condé besiegedDunkirk, he first captured surrounding cities. He first besieged and capturedBergues, andbesieged Mardyck on 4 August, which fell on the 25th with the help of the naval blockade of Tromp. Condé's plan to completely isolateDunkirk was finally achieved after he tookVeurne on 7 September. Condé then marched towardsDunkirk, with an army that likely consisted of Polish infantry, which would be the start of the fraternity between the two nations.

After takingVeurne,Dunkirk would finally be isolated. Condé would arrive before the city and started to set up camps and dig trenches. Tromp arrived shortly after on the 18th with a fleet of 10 ships.^[3] With Tromp's fleet finally arriving, Condé got the opportunity to invest the city. Though the Spanish did try their best to resist the attack by Condé, they had no choice but to surrender.^[2]

The loss ofDunkirk meant that Spain lost one of its major ports among the Flemish coats. Which would have serious consequences to Spanish interests and the relief of the final pressure point on theDutch Republic due to theDunkirkers.^[2]

After the capture of Dunkirk, the Dutch would create a truce with the Spanish, and would eventually abandon their French allies following thepeace of Münster. The Spanish, taking advantage ofthe Fronde in France, recaptured Dunkirk in 1652.

On June 17, 2017, a commemorative plaque dedicated toZaporozhian Cossacks was unveiled by Ukrainian embassy in presence of the Mayor of Dunkirk,Patrice Vergriete.^[4]

There are sources claiming thatZaporozhian Cossacks participated in thestorming of the city.^[5] This version, however, is not accepted by the Polish historianZbigniew Wujiecek, who concluded that Polish soldiers led by colonel Przyemski. A little later. A Ukrainian historianIvan Wergun has confirmed that some of the links allegedly confirming the participation of the Cossacks are fictitious.^[6]

• Panhuysen, Luc (2021).Het monsterschip, Maarten Tromp en de armada van 1639. Atlas Contact.ISBN 9789045040721.
• Pike, John (2021).The Thirty Years War, 1618–1648, The First Global War and the End of the Habsburg Supremacy (E-book ed.). Pen & Sword Books.ISBN 9781526775788.
• Doedens, Anne (2008).Witte de With 1599-1658, wereldwijde strijd op zee in de Gouden Eeuw (E-book ed.). Uitgeverij Verloren.ISBN 9789087040604.

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