Siege of Casale Monferrato

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The Siege of Casale Monferrato was a major late-17th-century military engagement in northern Italy, where French and allied forces contested control of the strategic fortress town of Casale during the wider European struggle of the Nine Years' War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement
siege
belligerentSide French and allied forces
anti-French coalition forces
conflict Nine Years' War NERFINISHED
conflictType siege warfare
countryInvolved Duchy of Mantua NERFINISHED
Duchy of Savoy NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
hasBroaderContext balance-of-power politics in late 17th-century Europe
rivalry between Bourbon France and Habsburg powers
hasLocation Casale Monferrato NERFINISHED
Duchy of Mantua NERFINISHED
Monferrato NERFINISHED
Piedmont NERFINISHED
northern Italy
hasObjective control of Casale fortress
control of strategic fortress town of Casale Monferrato
hasParticipant Allied forces of the Grand Alliance NERFINISHED
Duchy of Mantua NERFINISHED
Duchy of Savoy NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
French army NERFINISHED
Grand Alliance NERFINISHED
Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
hasStrategicImportance control of communications in the Po Valley
control of routes between France and northern Italy
influence over northern Italian principalities
hasTheatre Italian Peninsula NERFINISHED
historicalEra Early Modern period NERFINISHED
involves fortress town of Casale Monferrato
isPartOf struggle for hegemony in Europe in the late 17th century
partOf European wars of the Grand Alliance NERFINISHED
Italian theatre of the Nine Years' War NERFINISHED
region Europe
relatedTo Siege warfare in early modern Europe NERFINISHED
campaigns in northern Italy during the Nine Years' War
resultedIn change in control of Casale fortress
timePeriod late 17th century
usedWarfareType fortification assault
siege artillery
trench warfare

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Italian campaign of the Nine Years' War hasPart Siege of Casale Monferrato