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...

The siege of Ghent (18–30 December 1708) was the last operation of the 1708 campaign season during the War of the Spanish Succession. After successfully...

The siege of Lille (25 September – 8 October 1792) saw a Republican French garrison under Jean-Baptiste André Ruault de La Bonnerie hold Lille against...

The assault on Brussels or siege of Brussels occurred during the War of the Spanish Succession, from 22 to 27 November 1708 involving French and pro-Bourbon...

the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord department, and the main city of the European Metropolis of Lille. The city of Lille proper had...

led a Franco-Spanish force at the Battle of Ekeren. In 1708, when Lille was threatened with a siege by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and Prince...

Lille: The Classic Vauban Siege is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1978 that simulates the Siege of Lille in 1708...

in mid-August 1708 by the 75,000 men of the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy. The Lille garrison, commanded by Marshal de Boufflers, numbered...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1708. 1708 (MDCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday...

constructed. 1701 Pont-Neuf built. Church of Saint-André, Lille [fr] construction begins. 1708 - Siege of Lille. 1717 - Grand' Garde built. 1748 - Church of Saint-Étienne...

Movement Siege of Tortosa (1708) – War of the Spanish Succession Siege of Exilles (1708) – War of the Spanish Succession Siege of Lille (1708) – War of...

The siege of Tortosa was a siege of the city of Tortosa (then in the Principality of Catalonia) from 12 June to 8 July 1708 during the War of the Spanish...

despite repeated efforts to break it. Capturing Lille cost the Allies 12,000 casualties and most of the 1708 campaigning season; the lack of progress between...

14 September 1708 an Anglo-Dutch naval force under the command of General James Stanhope landed on the island of Menorca and laid siege to the town of...

French army on their flank. Shortly afterwards he died during the Siege of Lille (1708). The future Lord Overkirk married Frances van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck...

Berwick reckoned a siege was afoot, reinforcing the garrison with 20 battalions and 7 squadrons of dragoons with horses. Lille was a heavily defended...

28 September 1708 near Wijnendale, Flanders, between an allied force protecting a convoy carrying ammunition for the Siege of Lille (1708) and forces of...

Plassendale and Bruges in July 1708. After the great Allied victory in the Battle of Oudenaarde, Lille was besieged in August 1708. La Mothe was ordered to...

double line of fortresses (the frontière de fer or iron border) that had protected northern France since 1708 to be able to finally march on Paris. Like...

Boufflers and was injured during the siege of Lille in 1708. In June 1709, he was given command of French forces during the siege of Tournai. Surville was forced...

the art of war from Claude Louis Hector de Villars. He distinguished himself during the Siege of Lille (1708), and commanded a division in Italy during...

Boufflers led his regiment in the Siege of Lille in 1708, being wounded in a sortie in October. On 12 November 1708 he was promoted to brigadier. He was...

Hainut, Lille, and Beauvais. On 1 December 1720 he was made colonel of the Régiment de Beaufort, which from May 1721 was renamed Régiment de Boufflers...

French. In the aftermath of the defeat, his hesitation to relieve the Siege of Lille led to the loss of the city and thereby allowed the Allies to make their...

The siege of Alicante took place from December 1708 to April 1709 during the War of the Spanish Succession. The city of Alicante was besieged by a French...

Ramillies in 1706, and at Oudenaarde in 1708, and distinguished himself at the Siege of Lille. He commanded at the siege of Aire in 1710, led Marlborough's...

Netherlands: "He who has not seen this", wrote Eugene, "has seen nothing". Siege of Lille (1708) The Habsburgs were rulers of Austria and Hungary in their own right;...

followed by an unsuccessful siege of Toulon in August. Despite these failures, control of Gibraltar and the capture of Menorca in 1708 allowed the Royal Navy...

The siege of Turin took place from June to September 1706, during the War of the Spanish Succession. A French army led by Louis de la Feuillade besieged...

line of French fortresses that had been erected after 1708, so they reluctantly opted for the Siege of Tournai (1709). In 1710, at the start of the campaign...