Siege of Marchiennes (1712)
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
Date 25 July – 30 July 1712 (5 days) Location Marchiennes, France 50°24′32″N 3°16′59″E / 50.4089°N 3.2831°E / 50.4089; 3.2831 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Dutch Republic   Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Duc de Villars	Major-General von Berkhoffer
Strength
22,000 20 artillery pieces [1]	7,000 100 artillery pieces [1]
Casualties and losses
400 killed and wounded [1]	7,000 killed and captured [1]

The siege of Marchiennes was a siege of the city of Marchiennes in Northern France from 25 July to 30 July 1712 during the War of the Spanish Succession conducted by Duc de Villars. A French 22,000-strong army besieged and, with negligible resistance, recaptured the then Allied-controlled fortifications after a 5-day siege, with the 7,000-strong Dutch- Prussian garrison under Major-General von Berkhoffer either killed, wounded or taken prisoner.

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