Siege of Trarbach

Siege of Trarbach
Part of the War of the Polish Succession
An engraving depicting the bombardment of Trarbach and the Grevenburg
Date 10 April – 2 May 1734 (3 weeks and 1 day) Location Trarbach, Holy Roman Empire Result French victory
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

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.

References

1. Deutsche Biographie

• 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)