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Siege of Bergen op Zoom

Siege of Bergen op Zoom was a siege conducted on 5 March 1814 at Bergen op Zoom, in what is now Netherlands; it lasted 3 days. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 2,700 against 4,000–9,000.

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The ill-fated 1814 British Siege of Bergen op Zoom.
The ill-fated 1814 British Siege of Bergen op Zoom.. Joseph Swain, after TSS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought5 March 1814lasted 3 days
WhereBergen op Zoom, Netherlands51.500N, 4.300E
OutcomeFrench victory
BelligerentsFranceagainstUnited Kingdom
Casualties and losses500–600 killed, wounded or capturedand920–1,900 killed or wounded; 2,263 captured

Record

Date5 March 1814
to 8 March 1814
PlaceBergen op Zoom, Netherlands
51.500N, 4.300E
KindSiege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength2,7004,000–9,000
Casualties and losses500–600 killed, wounded or captured920–1,900 killed or wounded; 2,263 captured
Commanders
  • Jean-Jacques Ambert
  • Guilin Laurent Bizanet
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1588 and 1814.

Elsewhere in 1814

Siege of Bergen op Zoom is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 237 in present-day Netherlands.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3043081, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1814), revision 1370739535, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.