Siege of Valenciennes
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The <entity_0> took place from <entity_5> to <entity_3>, during the <entity_2>, when <entity_4>, then in the <entity_1>, was attacked by a French army under the duc de Luxembourg. Siege operations began on <entity_5>, supervised by French military engineer Vauban, and the town surrendered on <entity_3>; Spain formally ceded it to <entity_6> under the August 1678 Treaty of Nijmegen. In the 1667–1668 War of Devolution, <entity_6> captured most of the <entity_1>, and the Spanish province of Franche-Comté. The <entity_2> began in May 1672 when <entity_6> invaded the Dutch Republic; they initially seemed to have won an overwhelming victory, but the Dutch position stabilised. Both sides wanted to minimise the damage that would follow an assault, since Louis intended to annex it to <entity_6>, while the conventions of <entity_7> warfare shielded a town from being sacked if the defenders yielded once 'a practicable breach' had been made. After <entity_4> surrendered on <entity_3>, the main army moved onto Cambrai. The agreement ensured Spain retained Mons and on 19 September, they signed their own treaty with <entity_6>, ceding Saint-Omer, Cassel, Aire, Ypres, Cambrai, <entity_4> and Maubeuge.
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