A MOMENT IN HISTORY
Siege of Brussels
1746 CE · Duchy of Brabant, Europe · War
The siege of Brussels took place between January and February 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession. A French army under the overall command of Maurice de Saxe, in a bold and innovative winter campaign besieged and captured the city of Brussels, which was then the capital of the Austrian Netherlands, from its Austrian garrison.
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