Siege of Ath (1697)
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The siege of Ath was a siege of the Nine Years' War. The French stockpiled 266,000 French pounds of gunpowder for the siege and used less than half of it. Consumption of other material amounted to 34,
Plan-relief of Ath constructed in 1697 after its capture
Nicolas Catinat
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Nicolas Catinat was a French military commander and Marshal of France under Louis XIV.
Siege of Ath (1697)
…engineer himself had given some thought to the matter of besieging the fort ever since he had designed it. The commander of the siege force, Marshal Nicolas Catinat and his chief engineer Marshal Vauban had a strong working relationship and would cooperate seamlessly during the siege. Catinat had 50 battalions and…
Maréchal Catinat, by Robert Tournières, c. 1700–12
L. Roger, Nicolas Catinat, Maréchal de France, National Gallery of Art
Catinat at the Battle of Marsaglia