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Tango01

23 Jan 2017 1:13 p.m. PST

…of Landau, 1713

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"Landau was besieged on 25 June of 1713 by a French army under Marechal Jacques Bazin de Bezons (see wiki on him: link). The operations were covered by an Observation army under Marechal de Villar. The garrison agreed to capitulate on 19 August of 1713. I found two French BO's for the Landau siege, one from Quincy & the other from Feldzuge des Prinzen Eugen. They slightly differ from each other. According to the Feldzuge des Prinzen Eugen von Savoyen (Band 15, S. 516) Bezons had 63 batts & 73 sqns:…"
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