Siege of Namur (1746)
| Siege of Namur | |||||||
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| Part of War of the Austrian Succession | |||||||
Siege of the castles of Namur by the Count of Clermont, from 24 to 30 September 1746 by Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe, 1782 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France | Dutch Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Maurice de Saxe Count of Clermont | Benjamin Crommelin | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 100,000 | 7,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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112 killed 369 wounded | 7,000 prisoner or killed | ||||||
The siege of Namur took place between 6 and 30 September 1746, during the War of the Austrian Succession. A French army under the command of Marshal Maurice de Saxe took Namur from its Dutch garrison after a three-week siege.