Siege of Marchiennes

50°24′32″N 3°16′59″E / 50.4089°N 3.2831°E / 50.4089; 3.2831Result French victoryBelligerents  France  Dutch Republic
 PrussiaCommanders and leaders Duc de Villars Major-General von BerkhofferStrength 22,000
20 artillery pieces^[1] 7,000
100 artillery pieces^[1]Casualties and losses 400 killed and wounded^[1] 7,000 killed and captured^[1]

The siege of Marchiennes was a siege of the city of Marchiennes in Northern France from 25 July to 30 July 1712 during the War of the Spanish Succession conducted by Duc de Villars. A French 22,000-strong army besieged and, with negligible resistance, recaptured the then Allied-controlled fortifications after a 5-day siege, with the 7,000-strong Dutch-Prussian garrison under Major-General von Berkhoffer either killed, wounded or taken prisoner.

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