Kaiserpfalz01

SIEGE OF 1702

By isd09
  • Siege starts

    The big battle in Kaiserswerth has started
  • Trenches built

    Two trenches were built. One Dutch, one Prussian
  • Rhine rises

    The Rhine rose and flooded the area the Dutch wanted to attack
  • French cavalry imprisoned or slaughtered

    500 French cavalry were massacred by 1500 Prussian cavalry
  • Kalkum captured by Prussians

    The first Prussian success: Kalkum is taken, which long hindered Prussian advance
  • Besiegers suffer; reinforcements soon arrive

    The besiegers still suffered from a lack of ammunition and infantry; English reinforcements will soon arrive
  • Reinforcements arrive

    Finally, the army of English reinforcements arrive to help the besiegers of Kaiserswerth
  • French communications cut

    All communications with Kaiserswerth are cut
  • 3 French supply boats are captured; 1 is sunk

    3 French supply boats are ambushed, captured and one even sunk
  • French give up Kaiserswerth before midnight

    The French surrender to the besiegers of Kaiserswerth; French make deal with besiegers: French leave, Kaiserpfalz is destroyed