Siege of Saint-Omer (1638)

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The Siege of Saint-Omer (1638) was a major engagement of the Franco-Spanish War in which French forces unsuccessfully attempted to capture the strategically important town of Saint-Omer from the Spanish Netherlands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
siege
conflictIn Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) NERFINISHED
followedBy continued Franco-Spanish fighting in the Low Countries
hasAttackers French royal army NERFINISHED
hasBelligerent Habsburg Spain NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
Spanish Monarchy NERFINISHED
Spanish Netherlands NERFINISHED
hasCentury 17th century
hasCommander Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria NERFINISHED
Chabot, Seigneur de Brion NERFINISHED
Jean de Gassion NERFINISHED
Ottavio Piccolomini NERFINISHED
hasDefenders Spanish garrison of Saint-Omer NERFINISHED
hasEndDate 1638-07-16
hasForceType French besieging army
Spanish relief army
hasLanguageOfPrimarySources French
Spanish
hasLocation Artois NERFINISHED
Saint-Omer NERFINISHED
Spanish Netherlands NERFINISHED
present-day France
hasObjective capture of Saint-Omer by French forces
hasOutcome French siege lifted
town of Saint-Omer remained under Spanish control NERFINISHED
hasParticipant French soldiers
Imperial troops
Spanish soldiers
hasRegion Low Countries NERFINISHED
hasResult Spanish victory
hasStartDate 1638-04-15
hasStatusOfObjective objective failed
hasStrategicImportance control of a key fortress in Artois
control of communications between Flanders and Artois
hasTheater Flanders campaign of the Franco-Spanish War NERFINISHED
hasTypeOfWarfare early modern siege warfare
hasYear 1638
isDescribedAs major engagement of the Franco-Spanish War
isPartOf Habsburg–Bourbon rivalry NERFINISHED
wars of Louis XIII of France NERFINISHED
partOf Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) NERFINISHED
precededBy earlier French operations in Artois
uses entrenchments
field fortifications
siege artillery

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Saint-Omer historicalEventRole Siege of Saint-Omer (1638)