| Assault on Aardenburg | |||||||
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| Part of the Franco-Dutch War | |||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:SA_5028-Anno_1672._De_heldhaftige_verdediging_van_Aardenburg.jpg) The heroic defence of Aardenburg, by Barend Wijnveld | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 France |
 Dutch Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Claude Antoine de Dreux de Dreux-Nancré |
Elias Beeckman Colonel Albert Spindler | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5,000–9,000 men[1][2] |
165–198 soldiers 50–165 armed civilians[1] [3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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500–1,500 killed or wounded 500–620 prisoners[1][2][4] |
0 killed 2–6 wounded[2][4] | ||||||
The Assault on Aardenburg took place between June 25–26 when a French force of 5,000–9,000 men, under de Nancré, tried to take the fortress town of Aardenburg. Its small garrison however held out and managed to repulse the assault.
- ^ a b c Knoop 1862, p. 233-237.
- ^ a b c Van der Aa 1854, p. 242.
- ^ van Damme, p. 1-3.
- ^ a b Oijen 1872, p. 175.