The siege of Trarbach (10 April – 2 May 1734) was conducted during the War of the Polish Succession by French troops against a garrison of troops of the Holy Roman Empire in the fortress at Trarbach in the County of Sponheim, a small principality of the Holy Roman Empire (Trarbach is now in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). The French, led by Marshal Belle-Isle, were victorious, and destroyed the fortress.
| Siege of Trarbach | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Polish Succession | |||||||
 An engraving depicting the bombardment of Trarbach and the Grevenburg | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of France |
 Holy Roman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Duc de Belle-Isle | Wilhelm Ludwig Freiherr von Hohenfeld[1] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 20,000 | 700 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 200 | 10 | ||||||
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References
edit- Gfrörer, August. Geschichte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts, Volume 2 (History of the Eighteenth Century). Hurter, 1862.
- Rooke, Octavius. The life of the Moselle. Booth, 1858.
- Schütz, Ernst. Trarbach in alter Zeit (pp. 144ff)
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