28 June 1709
Siege of Tournai
Marlborough begins the siege of Tournai during the 1709 campaign.
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Marlborough begins the siege of Tournai during the 1709 campaign.
The town of Tournai surrenders; its citadel continues resistance until 3 September.
The citadel of Tournai surrenders after a prolonged Allied siege.
During the Battle of Fontenoy Cumberland is forced to retreat to Brussels and wis unable to prevent the fall of Ghent, Bruges and Ostend. Cumberland advances to the relief of Toutnai, which was besieged by Marshal Saxe, in the resulting Battle of Fontenoy the Allies were defeated by the French
Defeated by Marshal Saxe in an a failed effort to relieve Tournai
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