Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747)
The siege of Bergen op Zoom took place during the Austrian War of Succession, when a French army, under the command of Count Löwendal and the overall direction of Marshal Maurice de Saxe, laid siege and captured the strategic Dutch border fortress of Bergen op Zoom on the border of Brabant and Zeeland in 1747. The fortress was defended by Dutch, Austrians, British, Hanoverians and Hessians that supported the Pragmatic Sanction.
The assault on Bergen op Zoom
Bergen op Zoom in 1747
Ulrich Frédéric Woldemar, Count of Lowendal
French soldier of the Régiment de Normandie 1740s
Maurice, Count of Saxony was a notable soldier, officer and a famed military commander of the 18th century. The illegitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, he initially served in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire, then the Imperial Army, before finally entering French service. De Saxe became a Marshal and even Marshal General of France. He is best known for his deeds in the War of the Austrian Succession and especially for his decisive victory at the Battle of Fontenoy.
Maurice de Saxe as a Marshal of France by Jean-Étienne Liotard
Battle of Lawfeld, 2 July 1747: Louis XV pointing out the village of Lawfeld to Maurice
Funerary monument of Maurice de Saxe in Saint Thomas Church, Strasbourg
Engraving of Maurice de Saxe