Siege of Salses

Siege of Salses
Part of the Thirty Years' War and the
Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
Date9 June 1639 – 6 January 1640
Location
Salses, Northern Catalonia, Spanish Empire (present-day France)
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
 France Spain
Commanders and leaders
Henri de Condé-Bourbon Filippo Spinola
Strength
16,000 men (first siege)
22,000 men (second siege)		 40,000 men (second siege)
Casualties and losses
3,000+ casualties 10,000

The siege of Salses (1639–1640) was a double siege during the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659), starting with a French success, but ending with a Spanish victory.

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