Siege_of_Maastricht_(1748)

Siege of Maastricht (1748)

Siege of Maastricht (1748)

Part of the War of Austrian Succession

The siege of Maastricht took place in April–May 1748 during the War of the Austrian Succession. A French force under the overall command of Maurice de Saxe besieged and captured the Dutch barrier fortress of Maastricht in the final few months of the campaign in the Low Countries. After a relatively long siege the garrison of Maastricht capitulated and marched out with the honours of war.[3] Maastricht was returned along with France's conquests in the Austrian Netherlands according to the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle signed in 1748.

For other uses, see Siege of Maastricht (disambiguation).
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Among the defenders were the Austro-Walloon Regiment of Los Rios, commanded by its Colonel Jean Charles Joseph, Count of Merode, Marquis of Deynze ; Charles, 5th Duke of Arenberg (Jean Charles' brother-in-law)

References

  1. [1]
    Van Nimwegen 2002, p. 353.
  2. [2]
    Bodart 1908, p. 231.
  3. [3]
    Van Nimwegen 2002, p. 359.

Sources

  • Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618–1905). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  • Browning, Reed. The War of the Austrian Succession. Alan Sutton Publishing, 1994.
  • Van Nimwegen, Olaf (2002). De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden als grote mogendheid: Buitenlandse politiek en oorlogvoering in de eerste helft van de achttiende eeuw en in het bijzonder tijdens de Oostenrijkse Successieoorlog (1740–1748) (in Dutch). De Bataafsche Leeuw.[ISBN missing]


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