siege, early modern
Siege of Ghent
Siege of Ghent was a siege conducted on 18 December 1708 at Ghent, in what is now Belgium; it lasted 12 days. The recorded result: Grand Alliance victory. Recorded strength: 77,000 against 17,000.
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![Plan of the siege & attack of the town & citadel of Ghent [Document cartographique] : besieged by the armies of the Allies December the 22. 1708. under the command of the duke of Marlborough &](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Map_of_Ghent_by_Claude_Dubosc_and_John_Campbell.jpg/960px-Map_of_Ghent_by_Claude_Dubosc_and_John_Campbell.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
Record
| Date | 18 December 1708 to 30 December 1708 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Ghent, Belgium 51.050N, 3.717E | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Strength | 77,000 | 17,000 |
| Casualties and losses | 200 | Minimal |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Ghent 1583, same recorded site
- Fall of Ghent 1745, same recorded site
- Battle of the Lys 1940, 1.3 km NE
- Battle of Melle 1745, 8.4 km SE
- Battle of Gavere 1453, 14 km S
Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1583 and 1940.
Elsewhere in 1708
- Battle of Lesnaya Belarus
- Battle of Oudenarde Belgium
- Battle of Holowczyn Belarus
- Siege of Lille France
- Battle of Trencsén Slovakia
Siege of Ghent is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 243 in present-day Belgium.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q74836290, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Ghent (1708), revision 1370741496, 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.