23 April 1710
Siege of Douai
The Allied army invests Douai, beginning a siege that ends with the town's surrender in June.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Douai in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The Allied army invests Douai, beginning a siege that ends with the town's surrender in June.
Marlborough and Eugene take Douai after a long siege in the 1710 campaign.
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