Siege of Groningen

Siege of Groningen

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict= Siege of Groningen
partof=Franco-Dutch War


caption=
date=July 9, 1672-August 17, 1672
place=Groningen
casus=
territory=
result=Dutch Victory
combatant1=Bishopric of Münster
combatant2= Dutch Republic

commander1=Berend van Galen
commander2=Carl von Rabenhaupt
strength1=24,000
strength2=Few
casualties1=12,000 Dead
casualties2=Unknown
notes=

The Siege of Groningen was a battle that took place in the Franco-Dutch war. It was a Dutch victory and ended all hope of Münster pushing further into the Netherlands. The Münster Army was so weakened by the defeat that the Dutch army successfully reconquered much of the land that Munster had conquered just weeks earlier. Every year the city of Groningen celebrates its victory as a local holiday on August 28th.

=Literature=
Jonathan Israel. "The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477-1806" (1995)


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