Siege of Lille

The siege of Lille was the main operation of the 1708 campaign season during the War of the Spanish Succession. Following their victory in the Battle of Oudenaarde, the Allies decided to besiege Lille, an important French city and perhaps the strongest fortress in Europe. After an obstinate defence of 120 days, the French garrison surrendered the city and citadel of Lille, commanded by Marshal Boufflers, to the forces of the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy.

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1708 Siege of Lille

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1015 Battle of Florennes

1054-01-01T00:00:00Z

1054 Siege of Lille

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1128 Siege of Lille

1213-06-01T00:00:00Z

1213 Sieges of Lille

1214-08-03T00:00:00Z

1214 Battle of Bouvines

1297-06-30T00:00:00Z

1297-09-08T00:00:00Z

1297 Siege of Lille

1302-07-19T00:00:00Z

1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs

1302-08-09T00:00:00Z

1302-08-23T00:00:00Z

1302 Siege of Lille

1304-08-18T00:00:00Z

1304 Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle

1304-09-01T00:00:00Z

1304-10-01T00:00:00Z

1304 Siege of Lille

1340-07-31T00:00:00Z

1340-10-03T00:00:00Z

1340 Siege of Tournai

1383-06-08T00:00:00Z

1383-08-08T00:00:00Z

1383 Siege of Ypres

1513-01-01T00:00:00Z

1513 Siege of Doornik

1521-11-01T00:00:00Z

1521 Siege of Tournai

1567-01-08T00:00:00Z

1567 Battle of Lannoy

1580-03-08T00:00:00Z

1580 Capture of Courtrai

1581-10-14T00:00:00Z

1581-12-10T00:00:00Z

1581 Siege of Tournai

1648-08-20T00:00:00Z

1648 Battle of Lens

1658-07-24T00:00:00Z

1658-09-24T00:00:00Z

1658 Siege of Ypres

1667-06-21T00:00:00Z

1667-06-26T00:00:00Z

1667 Siege of Tournai

1667-06-30T00:00:00Z

1667-07-04T00:00:00Z

1667 Siege of Douai

1667-08-10T00:00:00Z

1667-08-26T00:00:00Z

1667 Siege of Lille

1668-01-01T00:00:00Z

1668 Siege of Tournai

1678-03-18T00:00:00Z

1678-03-25T00:00:00Z

1678 Siege of Ypres

1683-10-31T00:00:00Z

1683-11-06T00:00:00Z

1683 Siege of Courtrai

1709-06-28T00:00:00Z

1709-09-03T00:00:00Z

1709 Siege of Tournai

1710-04-01T00:00:00Z

1710-06-26T00:00:00Z

1710 Siege of Douai

1712-07-01T00:00:00Z

1712-09-08T00:00:00Z

1712 Siege of Douai

1712-07-25T00:00:00Z

1712-07-30T00:00:00Z

1712 Siege of Marchiennes

1745-04-25T00:00:00Z

1745-06-19T00:00:00Z

1745 Siege of Tournai

1792-04-29T00:00:00Z

1792 Battle of Marquain

1792-09-25T00:00:00Z

1792-10-08T00:00:00Z

1792 Siege de Lille

1793-08-17T00:00:00Z

1793 Battle of Lincelles

1793-09-13T00:00:00Z

1793 Battle of Menin

1793-09-15T00:00:00Z

1793 Battle of Courtrai

1794-04-26T00:00:00Z

1794-04-30T00:00:00Z

1794 Battle of Mouscron

1794-05-10T00:00:00Z

1794-05-12T00:00:00Z

1794 Battle at Courtrai

1794-05-18T00:00:00Z

1794 Battle of Tourcoing

1794-05-22T00:00:00Z

1794 Battle of Tournay

1794-06-01T00:00:00Z

1794-06-18T00:00:00Z

1794 Siege of Ypres

1814-03-31T00:00:00Z

1814 Battle of Courtrai

1914-10-10T00:00:00Z

1914-11-02T00:00:00Z

1914 Battle of La Bassée

1914-10-11T00:00:00Z

1914-10-12T00:00:00Z

1914 Siege of Lille

1914-10-12T00:00:00Z

1914-11-02T00:00:00Z

1914 Battle of Messines

1914-10-13T00:00:00Z

1914-11-02T00:00:00Z

1914 Battle of Armentières

1914-10-19T00:00:00Z

1914-11-22T00:00:00Z

1914 First Battle of Ypres

1914-12-22T00:00:00Z

1914 Battle of Givenchy

1915-03-10T00:00:00Z

1915-03-13T00:00:00Z

1915 Battle of Neuve Chapelle

1915-04-17T00:00:00Z

1915-04-22T00:00:00Z

1915 Battle of Hill 60

1915-05-09T00:00:00Z

1915 Battle of Aubers Ridge

1915-05-09T00:00:00Z

1915-06-18T00:00:00Z

1915 Second Battle of Artois

1915-05-27T00:00:00Z

1915 Battle of Festubert

1915-09-15T00:00:00Z

1915-11-04T00:00:00Z

1915 Third Battle of Artois

1915-09-25T00:00:00Z

1915-10-14T00:00:00Z

1915 Battle of Loos

1915-10-13T00:00:00Z

1915-10-19T00:00:00Z

1915 Action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt

1916-01-01T00:00:00Z

1916 Actions of the Bluff, 1916

1916-03-02T00:00:00Z

1916-03-18T00:00:00Z

1916 Hohenzollern Redoubt

1916-04-27T00:00:00Z

1916-04-29T00:00:00Z

1916 Gas attack at Hulluch

1916-06-02T00:00:00Z

1916-06-14T00:00:00Z

1916 Battle of Mont Sorrel

1916-06-30T00:00:00Z

1916 Battle of the Boar's Head

1916-07-19T00:00:00Z

1916-07-20T00:00:00Z

1916 Battle of Fromelles

1917-06-07T00:00:00Z

1917-06-14T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Messines

1917-07-31T00:00:00Z

1917-11-10T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Passchendaele

1917-08-10T00:00:00Z

1917 Capture of Westhoek

1917-08-15T00:00:00Z

1917-08-25T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Hill 70

1917-09-26T00:00:00Z

1917-09-27T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Polygon Wood

1917-10-04T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Broodseinde

1917-10-12T00:00:00Z

1917 First Battle of Passchendaele

1917-10-26T00:00:00Z

1917-11-10T00:00:00Z

1917 Second Battle of Passchendaele

1917-12-01T00:00:00Z

1917-12-02T00:00:00Z

1917 Night action of 1/2 December 1917

1917-12-03T00:00:00Z

1917 Attack on the Polderhoek Spur

1918-04-07T00:00:00Z

1918-04-29T00:00:00Z

1918 Battle of the Lys

1918-09-28T00:00:00Z

1918-10-02T00:00:00Z

1918 Fifth Battle of Ypres

1918-10-14T00:00:00Z

1918-10-19T00:00:00Z

1918 Battle of Courtrai

1940-05-26T00:00:00Z

1940-05-28T00:00:00Z

1940 Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal

1940-05-28T00:00:00Z

1940-05-31T00:00:00Z

1940 Siege of Lille

1907-01-01T00:00:00Z

1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

1907 — 1937 French conquest of Morocco

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Inname van de citadel van Rijssel door de bondgenoten, NG-VG-1-1973

Карта к статье «Лилль» № 3. Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915)

Inname van de citadel van Rijssel door de bondgenoten, NG-VG-1-1974

Inname van de citadel van Rijssel door de bondgenoten, NG-VG-1-1975

Maurits Leon - Anno 1708. De kamerdienaar van Jan Willem Friso sterft tijdens het beleg van Rijssel - SA 4956 - Amsterdam Museum

The chamberlain of the Prince of Orange is shot during the Siege of Lille, 1708

John Wootton (c. 1682-1764) - The Siege of Lille - RCIN 407182 - Royal Collection

502. Lille — Les Ruines de la Grande Guerre. La rue Faidherbe vu du Café Jean

Maurice Leloir - Le Roy Soleil - Louis XIV visitant les tranchées devant Lille

Kaart van het beleg van Lille, 1708 Het bemagtigen van Ryssel, overgegaen by verdrag den 22. Octob. 1708 (titel op object), RP-P-OB-83.301

ВЭ / Лилль - encyclopedic article, Russian

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict		Battle of Prémesques	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Siege of Menin	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1015	Battle of Florennes	Holy Roman Empire, battle, County of Hainaut, Lower Lotharingia	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1054	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1128	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1213	Sieges of Lille	sack, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1214	Battle of Bouvines	Holy Roman Empire, Philip II of France, House of Welf, Kingdom of France, Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, County of Flanders, Kingdom of England, battle, Philip of Dreux, Renaud I, Count of Dammartin, Ferdinand of Portugal, Odo III, Duke of Burgundy, William IV, Count of Ponthieu, Henry the Courageous, Robert II, Count of Dreux, County of Boulogne	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1297	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1302	Battle of the Golden Spurs	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1302	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1304	Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1304	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1340	Siege of Tournai	Kingdom of France, Holy Roman Empire, County of Flanders, Duchy of Brabant, Kingdom of England, County of Hainaut, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1383	Siege of Ypres	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1513	Siege of Doornik	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1521	Siege of Tournai	Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1567	Battle of Lannoy	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1580	Capture of Courtrai	battle, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Malcontents (Low Countries)	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1581	Siege of Tournai	Dutch Republic, Hispanic Monarchy, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1648	Battle of Lens	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1658	Siege of Ypres	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1667	Siege of Tournai	Kingdom of France, Hispanic Monarchy, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1667	Siege of Douai	battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1667	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1668	Siege of Tournai	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1678	Siege of Ypres	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1683	Siege of Courtrai	Kingdom of France, siege, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1708	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1709	Siege of Tournai	Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Prussia, Kingdom of Great Britain, Dutch Republic, Habsburg monarchy, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1710	Siege of Douai	battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1712	Siege of Douai	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1712	Siege of Marchiennes	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1745	Siege of Tournai	Dutch Republic, siege, Kingdom of France	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1792	Battle of Marquain	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1792	Siege de Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1793	Battle of Lincelles	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1793	Battle of Menin	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1793	Battle of Courtrai	Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1794	Battle of Mouscron	Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1794	Battle at Courtrai	Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1794	Battle of Tourcoing	Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1794	Battle of Tournay	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1794	Siege of Ypres	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1814	Battle of Courtrai	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Battle of La Bassée	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Battle of Messines	battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Battle of Armentières	battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	First Battle of Ypres	Belgium, German Empire, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Battle of Givenchy	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Battle of Neuve Chapelle	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Battle of Hill 60	British Empire, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Battle of Aubers Ridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Second Battle of Artois	German Empire, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Battle of Festubert	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Third Battle of Artois	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Battle of Loos	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Actions of the Bluff, 1916	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Hohenzollern Redoubt	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Gas attack at Hulluch	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Mont Sorrel	battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of the Boar's Head	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Fromelles	German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Battle of Messines	Australia, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, Dominion of New Zealand	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Battle of Passchendaele	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Capture of Westhoek	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Battle of Hill 70	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Battle of Polygon Wood	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Battle of Broodseinde	battle, Australia, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Dominion of New Zealand	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	First Battle of Passchendaele	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Second Battle of Passchendaele	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Night action of 1/2 December 1917	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Attack on the Polderhoek Spur	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Battle of the Lys	Canada, United States, Belgium, British Empire, French Third Republic, First Portuguese Republic, battle, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Fifth Battle of Ypres	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Battle of Courtrai	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal	United Kingdom, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	war	1907	French conquest of Morocco	war	Wikidata
site	bunker		7 personnel casemates	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Kemmel command bunker	memorial, bunker, museum	Wikidata
site	bunker		Southern bunker in Tyne Cot Cemetery	pillbox, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1940	Schuilkelders van Wevelgem	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	castle	1661	Château de Flers	château, art museum, castle	Wikidata
site	fort		Citadel of Lille	fort, citadel	Wikidata
site	fort		City walls of Ieper	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort de Mons	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort de Scarpe	destroyed building or structure, fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort de Seclin	military museum, fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort du Vert-Galant	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Saint-Sauveur	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Hohenzollern Redoubt	redoubt	Wikidata
site	museum		Cloth Hall, Ypres	cloth hall, military museum, belfry	Wikidata
site	museum		Fort de Bondues	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Historic center of cavalry and artillery at Fort de Seclin	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Musée des Canonniers (Lille)	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Royal Museum of Arms and Military History	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Sanctuary Wood Hill 62	military museum, museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Verlaine Message Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	In Flanders Fields Museum	military museum, museum, documentation centre	Wikidata
site	museum	2003	Pondfarm	military museum, farm	Wikidata
site	tower		Henri VIII Tower	fortified tower	Wikidata
site	tower		tour à diables	fortified tower	Wikidata
site	tower		Tour des Dames	fortified tower	Wikidata
commons	image		Inname van de citadel van Rijssel door de bondgenoten, NG-VG-1-1973		Commons
commons	image		Карта к статье «Лилль» № 3. Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915)		Commons
commons	image		Inname van de citadel van Rijssel door de bondgenoten, NG-VG-1-1974		Commons
commons	image		Inname van de citadel van Rijssel door de bondgenoten, NG-VG-1-1975		Commons
commons	image		Maurits Leon - Anno 1708. De kamerdienaar van Jan Willem Friso sterft tijdens het beleg van Rijssel - SA 4956 - Amsterdam Museum		Commons
commons	image		The chamberlain of the Prince of Orange is shot during the Siege of Lille, 1708		Commons
commons	image		John Wootton (c. 1682-1764) - The Siege of Lille - RCIN 407182 - Royal Collection		Commons
commons	image		502. Lille — Les Ruines de la Grande Guerre. La rue Faidherbe vu du Café Jean		Commons
commons	image		Maurice Leloir - Le Roy Soleil - Louis XIV visitant les tranchées devant Lille		Commons
commons	image		Kaart van het beleg van Lille, 1708 Het bemagtigen van Ryssel, overgegaen by verdrag den 22. Octob. 1708 (titel op object), RP-P-OB-83.301		Commons

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