Capture of Liège (1702)

Capture of Liège
	Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
	; English troops storming the citadel of Liège on 23 October 1702, as depicted by Robert Alexander Hillingford
Date	13 October – 31 October 1702
Location	Liège
Result	Anglo-Dutch victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic; England;	France; Bourbon Spain; Liège; Cologne
Commanders and leaders
Marlborough; Athlone; Coehoorn;	Violaine; Millon;
Strength
23,000	7,200
Casualties and losses
1,034 killed and wounded	5,700 killed, captured or deserted

The capture of Liège took place between 13 and 31 October of 1702 during the War of the Spanish Succession. It formed part of the Grand Alliance's campaign to secure the Meuse valley. Anglo-Dutch forces under the Duke of Marlborough occupied the city without resistance on 15 October, but the Citadel of Liège and the Chartreuse fort continued to be held by Bourbon troops from France, Spain, the Bishopric of Liège, and the Electorate of Cologne.

After a week of intense bombardment and assaults directed by the Dutch engineer Menno van Coehoorn, the citadel capitulated on 23 October, followed by the surrender of the Chartreuse on 31 October. The victory resulted in the capture of several thousand French troops and secured Allied control of the Meuse region. The fall of Liège was Marlborough's final and most important success of the 1702 campaign, laying the groundwork for further operations along the Meuse and the Rhine.