Siege of Tournai (1709)

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military operation siege

The Siege of Tournai (1709) was a major Allied operation during the War of the Spanish Succession in which Marlborough and Prince Eugene captured the strongly fortified city of Tournai from French control.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Allied 1709 campaign in Flanders	1
Allied capture of Mons (1709)	1
Siege of Tournai (1745)	1
Siege of Tournay (1709)	1
siege of the city of Tournai	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military operation ⓘ siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ surface form: Siege of Tournay (1709)
belligerent	France ⓘ Grand Alliance ⓘ
commandedBy	John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ Prince Eugene of Savoy ⓘ
conflict	War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
countryAtTime	Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Spanish Netherlands
endTime	1709-09-03 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Malplaquet ⓘ Siege of Mons (1709) ⓘ
fortificationType	Vauban-style fortress ⓘ
hasPart	siege of the citadel of Tournai ⓘ Siege of Tournai (1709) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: siege of the city of Tournai
hasParticipant	Allied army ⓘ Dutch Republic ⓘ Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Hanover French royal forces ⓘ surface form: French army Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
location	Hainaut ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Spanish Netherlands Tournai ⓘ present-day Belgium ⓘ
modernCountry	Belgium ⓘ
notableCommanderAllied	John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ Prince Eugene of Savoy ⓘ
notableCommanderFrench	Louis François, duc de Boufflers ⓘ surface form: Louis-François de Boufflers
opposedBy	Louis François, duc de Boufflers ⓘ surface form: Louis-François de Boufflers
partOf	War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
placeInCampaign	early operation of the 1709 Flanders campaign ⓘ
previouslyControlledBy	Kingdom of France ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ capture of Tournai by Allied forces ⓘ
significance	one of the principal Allied operations of the 1709 campaign ⓘ
startTime	1709-07-08 ⓘ
strategicObjective	open the way into northern France ⓘ secure a major fortress on the Scheldt River ⓘ
theatre	Flanders theatre of the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
usedWarfareType	artillery bombardment ⓘ siege warfare ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ
year	1709 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Tournai (1709) → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Tournay (1709)

Battle of Malplaquet → campaign → Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied 1709 campaign in Flanders

Battle of Malplaquet → followedBy → Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied capture of Mons (1709)

Siege of Tournai (1709) → hasPart → Siege of Tournai (1709) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege of the city of Tournai

Battle of Fontenoy → precededBy → Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Tournai (1745)

Battle of Malplaquet → precededBy → Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ