The siege of Kehl may refer to one of four sieges of the fortress above the town of
Kehl
Kehl (; ) is a city with around 38,000 inhabitants in the southwestern Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg. It lies in the region of Baden on the Rhine River, at the confluence with the smaller Kinzig (Rhine), Kinzig River, directly oppo ...
, located in present-day southwestern
Germany
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, across the
Rhine River
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from
Strasbourg
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Siege of Kehl (1678) The siege of Kehl may refer to one of four sieges of the fortress above the town of Kehl, located in present-day southwestern Germany, across the Rhine River from Strasbourg:
* Siege of Kehl (1678), during the Franco-Dutch War
* Siege of Kehl (170 ...
, during the Franco-Dutch War
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Siege of Kehl (1703)
The 1703 siege of Kehl was a military action of the War of the Spanish Succession, in which French and Spanish forces under the command of the Duc de Villars captured the fortress of the Holy Roman Empire at Kehl, opposite Strasbourg on the Rh ...
, during the War of the Spanish Succession
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Siege of Kehl (1733)
The siege of Kehl (14–28 October 1733) was one of the opening moves of the French Rhineland campaign in the War of the Polish Succession, at the fortress town of Kehl in the upper Rhine River valley in the Holy Roman Empire. A large French ar ...
, during the War of the Polish Succession
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Siege of Kehl (1796–1797)
The siege of Kehl lasted from 26 October 1796 to 9 January 1797. Habsburg and Duchy of Württemberg, Württemberg regulars numbering 40,000, under the command of Maximilian Anton Karl, Count Baillet de Latour, besieged and captured the French-co ...
, during the French Revolutionary Wars
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Kehl
Kehl (; ) is a city with around 38,000 inhabitants in the southwestern Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg. It lies in the region of Baden on the Rhine River, at the confluence with the smaller Kinzig (Rhine), Kinzig River, directly oppo ...