Siege of Maastricht

Name: Siege of Maastricht
Start: 1673

1673 CE.

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The Siege of Maastricht, 13 to 30 June 1673, took place during the Franco-Dutch War, when a French army captured the strategic Dutch fortress of Maastricht on the Meuse river. Siege operations were was conducted by Vauban, and is thought to be the first use of a technique known as the "siege parallel", a concept that remained in use until the mid-20th century. Although the Dutch failed to retake the city in 1676, it was returned under the terms of the 1678 Treaty of Nijmegen.

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