Bombardment of Arras

Bombardment of Arras
	Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
	; A 1712 print depicting the bombardment
Date	2-3 March, 1712
Location	Arras, Kingdom of France
Result	Anglo-Dutch victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic ; Great Britain	France
Commanders and leaders
Arnold, Earl of Albemarle ; Count of Hompesch ; Frederik Sirtema van Grovestins ; William, Earl of Cadogan	Pierre de Montesquiou d'Artagnan
Strength
36 battalions; 44 squadrons ; c. 17,400 men ; 22 guns and mortars	Unknown
Casualties and losses
	20 killed or wounded

The Bombardment of Arras took place during the War of the Spanish Succession on 2 and 3 March 1712. An Allied army under Arnold van Keppel, Earl of Albemarle closed in on Arras with the aim of destroying the supplies held there. In this way, they hoped that the French would not be able to prevent the sieges of Arras and Cambrai. Although the action succeeded, the advantage had to go entirely unused because the Emperor's troops arrived too late to the Allied army.

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