Siege
French siege of Maastricht by Maurice of Saxony during the War of Austrian Succession in 1748
The siege of Maastricht was a campaign during the War of the Austrian Succession which took place in April–May 1748.
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The siege of Maastricht was a campaign during the War of the Austrian Succession which took place in April–May 1748.
A French force under the command of Maurice de Saxe besieged and captured the Dutch city of Maastricht in the final few months of the campaign in the Low Countries. After a relatively long siege the garrison of Maastricht capitulated and marched out with the honours of war. Maastricht was returned along with France's conquests in the Austrian Netherlands according to the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle signed in 1748.
Among the defenders were the Austro-Walloon Regiment of Los Rios, commanded by its Colonel Jean Charles Joseph, Count of Merode, Marquis of Deynze; Charles, 5th Duke of Arenberg (Jean Charles' brother-in-law)
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