Siege of Huningue

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The Siege of Huningue was a late Napoleonic-era military engagement in 1815 in which Allied forces blockaded and bombarded the French-held fortress of Huningue near the Rhine following Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement
siege
adjacentTo Basel-Stadt
surface form: Basel
after Battle of Waterloo
attacker Austrian and German Allied troops
belligerent Allied forces
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

France
Grand Duchy of Baden
commander Jean Charles Abbatucci
Prince Karl Theodor von Wrede
conflict Napoleonic Wars
coordinateLocation 47.593°N 7.579°E
countryInvolved Austria
Baden
France
defender French garrison of Huningue
describedBySource 19th-century military histories of the Napoleonic Wars
endTime 1815-08-26
followedBy occupation of the region by Allied forces
hasCause Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo
hasEffect neutralization of a French bridgehead on the Rhine
hasHistoricalSignificance one of the last sieges of the Napoleonic Wars
hasPart blockade of the fortress of Huningue
bombardment of the fortress of Huningue
historicalPeriod late Napoleonic era
locatedNear Rhine
location Alsace
France
Haut-Rhin
Huningue
militaryObjective capture of the fortress of Huningue
opposedBy French imperial forces loyal to Napoleon
partOf War of the Seventh Coalition
final Allied operations on the Rhine in 1815
pointInTime 1815
result Allied victory
demolition of the fortress of Huningue
surrender of the French garrison
significantPlace fortress of Huningue
startTime 1815-06-26
strategicImportance control of a Rhine crossing near Basel
usedWarfareType artillery bombardment
siege warfare

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War of the Seventh Coalition hasPart Siege of Huningue