Siege of Tournai (1709)

E71907
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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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Tournai (1709) canonical 2
Allied 1709 campaign in Flanders 1
Allied capture of Mons (1709) 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

Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg monarchy

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 (9)

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

Battle of Malplaquet → precededBy → Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ
Battle of Malplaquet → followedBy → Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied capture of Mons (1709)
Battle of Malplaquet → campaign → Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied 1709 campaign in Flanders
Battle of Fontenoy → precededBy → Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Tournai (1745)
Siege of Tournai (1709) → hasPart → Siege of Tournai (1709) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege of the city of Tournai
Siege of Tournai (1709) → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Tournay (1709)
Flanders campaign → notableSiege → Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ
siege of the citadel of Tournai → partOf → Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege of Tournai (1709)
siege of the citadel of Tournai → precededBy → Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege of the city of Tournai (1709)