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Philippsburg Siege Engineering

France · Warfare / Nine Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1688

Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban27 September 1688

Philippsburg · Warfare / Nine Years War

Vauban directs the siege engineering that enables the French army to reduce the fortress of Philippsburg.

Names involved

Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban

Provenance

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