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Siege of Mons

Siege of Mons was a siege conducted on 7 June 1746 at Mons, in what is now Belgium; it lasted 46 days. The recorded result: French victory.

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Drawing of the 1746 Siege of Mons
Drawing of the 1746 Siege of Mons. Louis-Nicolas Van Blarenberghe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought7 June 1746lasted 46 days
WhereMons, Belgium50.455N, 3.952E
OutcomeFrench victory
BelligerentsFranceagainstAustria; Dutch Republic

Record

Date7 June 1746
to 23 July 1746
PlaceMons, Belgium
50.455N, 3.952E
KindSiege, early modern
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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 6 times between 1572 and 1914.

Elsewhere in 1746

Siege of Mons 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 Q122212303, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Mons (1746), revision 1370743616, 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.