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Foreign News
May 1, 1793
National Gazette
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
French general Dumourier captured the heavily fortified town of Breda after a brief cannonade, a surprising victory compared to Vauban's ten-month siege reduced by famine.
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The taking of Breda, by Dumourier, is thought a very surprising victory: for although it is a small town, it is most wonderfully fortified, and is surrounded by three broad and deep ditches, one inside the other, and the least of them as wide as one of our wharves in Philadelphia. The great French engineer, Vauban, could not take Breda in less than ten months, and even then it was reduced by famine to surrender: How different has been the success of Dumourier, who took it after a cannonade of a few hours! His army, however, was very strong, and the besieged were, many of them, more his friends than his enemies.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military Campaign
What keywords are associated?
Breda Capture
Dumourier Victory
French Siege
Vauban Comparison
What entities or persons were involved?
Dumourier
Vauban
Where did it happen?
Breda
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Breda
Key Persons
Dumourier
Vauban
Outcome
taken after a cannonade of a few hours; besieged partly sympathetic to attackers.
Event Details
Dumourier's strong army captured the wonderfully fortified small town of Breda, surrounded by three broad and deep ditches, after a short cannonade, contrasting with Vauban's ten-month siege ended by famine.