Investment of Mons
Boufflers begins the French investment of Mons before the main siege works are opened.
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1691 in France
Explore 27 historical events and records for France in 1691.
Historical records for France in 1691
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March
Capture of Villefranche
Catinat captures Villefranche during the French offensive against Savoy's Mediterranean territories.
Arrival at Siege of Mons
Louis XIV arrives before Mons and personally oversees the principal French operation of the 1691 campaign.
Siege Engineering at Mons
Vauban directs the systematic siege works and artillery attack against Mons.
Blocking Relief of Mons
Luxembourg commands the covering army that prevents the Allies from relieving the French siege of Mons.
April
Capture of Nice
Catinat's campaign secures Nice after the citadel capitulates, extending French control along the Savoyard coast.
Capture of Mons
Louis XIV receives the successful conclusion of the siege as the Mons garrison marches out under agreed terms.
June
Abandonment of Cuneo Siege
Bulonde raises the siege of Cuneo as Allied relief forces approach, leaving French guns and supplies behind.
Siege of Cuneo
Feuquieres participates in the unsuccessful French attempt to seize Cuneo in Piedmont.
Siege of Athlone
The Marquis de St Ruth (General Charles Chalmont), the French Jacobite general, moved too slowly to save Athlone, as he had to gather his troops from their quarters and raise new ones from rapparee bands and the levies of Irish landowners
July
Battle of Aughrim
A stunning defeat of the fleeing Franco-Irish followed in the confusion and darkness, with some 4000 corpses left on the field.
Battle of Aughrim
An immediate attack was resolved on, and, after a severe and at one time doubtful contest, the crisis was precipitated by the fall of the Franco-Irish leader, the French General Charles Chalmont, Marquis de St Ruth, after which his disorganized forces fled in the ensuing
Battle of Aughrim
As St Ruth tried to rally his cavalry on the left to counter-attack and drive the Williamite horse back, he was decapitated by a cannon ball, at this point, the Jacobite position collapsed very quickly.
Battle of Aughrim
Both armies were about 20,000 men strong, the soldiers of St Ruths army were mostly Irish Catholic, while Ginkels were English, Scottish, Danish, Dutch and French Huguenot (members of William IIIs League of Augsburg) and Ulster Protestants.
Battle of Aughrim
Ginkel marched through Ballinasloe, on the main road towards Limerick and Galway, before he found his way blocked by St Ruth's army at Aughrim on the 12th of July 1691.
Battle of Aughrim
The Battle of Aughrim all but decided the war in the Williamite favour.
Battle of Aughrim
darkness of the early-morning of 13 July.
League of Augsburg
Both armies were about 20,000 men strong, the soldiers of St Ruths army were mostly Irish Catholic, while Ginkels were English, Scottish, Danish, Dutch and French Huguenot (members of William IIIs League of Augsburg) and Ulster Protestants
September
Battle of Leuze
Luxembourg launches a rapid cavalry attack that defeats a much larger Allied force near Leuze.
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Boufflers Supports French Encirclement
The duke of Boufflers served among the commanders engaged in the French operation surrounding Mons.
French Batteries Batter Mons Defences
French siege artillery attacked the fortifications of Mons as Vauban's troops advanced their trenches toward the city.
French Crown Targets Mons Fortress
Louis XIV made the capture of Mons a principal objective for the opening of the 1691 campaign in the Nine Years War.
French Occupation Begins At Mons
After capitulation, Louis XIV's forces took possession of Mons and added the city to their strategic network in the Spanish Netherlands.
Louis Arrives At Mons Siege
Louis XIV personally oversaw the siege of Mons, lending royal prestige to a major French offensive.
Mons Capitulates To French Crown
Mons surrendered in April 1691, providing Louis XIV with a significant success early in the campaign.
Vauban Directs Siege Preparations
Vauban organised the technical aspects of the French siege against the extensive fortifications of Mons.
Vendome Participates In Mons Siege
Vendome served in the French campaign that took Mons during the Nine Years War.
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