siege, early modern

Siege of Grave

Name: Siege of Grave
Start: 1674-07-25
Location: Grave, Netherlands

Siege of Grave was a siege conducted on 25 July 1674 at Grave, in what is now Netherlands; it lasted 3 months. The recorded result: Dutch victory. Recorded strength: 4,000 men; 450 guns, of which 100 were in use against 30,000 men (10,000 reinforcements arrived on 9 October).

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Fought25 July 1674lasted 3 months

WhereGrave, Netherlands51.760N, 5.741E

OutcomeDutch victory

BelligerentsKingdom of FranceagainstDutch Republic; Spain; Brandenburg-Prussia

Casualties and losses2,000and7,000–8,000

Record

Date	25 July 1674 to 27 October 1674
Place	Grave, Netherlands 51.760N, 5.741E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	4,000 men; 450 guns, of which 100 were in use	30,000 men (10,000 reinforcements arrived on 9 October)
Casualties and losses	2,000	7,000–8,000
Commanders	Noël Bouton de Chamilly	William III of England Carl von Rabenhaupt Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz Menno van Coehoorn

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Grave 1586, 0.2 km W
Siege of Grave 1602, 0.2 km W
Siege of Nijmegen 1591, 11 km NE
Siege of Nijmegen 1794, 11 km NE
Siege of Nimègue 1672, 11 km NE

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1586 and 1674.

Elsewhere in 1674

Siege of Grave is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 277 in present-day Netherlands.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q115819756, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Grave (1674), revision 1383176725, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.