Siege of Philippsburg (1688)

Siege of Philippsburg
	Part of the Nine Years' War
Date	27 September 1688 – 30 October 1688; (1 month and 3 days)
Location	Philippsburg, Holy Roman Empire; (present-day Germany)49°14′13″N 8°27′17″E / 49.2370°N 8.4548°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
France	Holy Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Louis, Grand Dauphin; Duc de Duras; Marquis de Vauban;	Maximilian Lorenz Starhemberg
Strength
30 000–40 000 men; 52 heavy guns; 24 mortars	2 000 men; 17 battery guns; 90 small guns
Casualties and losses
587 dead; 1,013 wounded	600 casualties; 124 artillery pieces captured

The siege of Philippsburg was a siege of the fortress of Philippsburg during the War of the League of Augsburg. It occurred between 27 September and 30 October 1688 and ended in a French victory over the Imperial garrison.

Bibliography

Lavisse, Ernest (1989) [1908]. Louis XIV: histoire d'un grand règne, 1643–1715 (in French). Paris: Robert Laffont. p. 746. ISBN 222105502-0. OCLC 1088064621.

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