Siege of Zoutleeuw

Siege of Zoutleeuw
	Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
	; Town hall and cloth hall of Zoutleeuw in 2005.
Date	Investment:; 29 August – 5 September 1705; (1 week); Siege:; 31 August – 5 September 1705; (5 days)
Location	Zoutleeuw, Flemish Brabant, Belgium50.833°N 5.104°E
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
Allies:; Dutch Republic; England; Scotland; Holy Roman Empire	France
Commanders and leaders
Lieutenant general Dedem	Brigadier general Dumont
Strength
15 battalions; 15 squadrons; 16 artillery pieces	400 men; 18 guns; 2 mortars
Casualties and losses
Light	400 men captured or killed; 20 guns and mortars captured

The siege of Zoutleeuw or the siege of Léau (29 August 1705 – 5 September 1705) was a siege of the War of the Spanish Succession. Allied troops with 16 artillery pieces under the command of the English Captain general the Duke of Marlborough, besieged and captured the small French-held Brabantine fortified town of Zoutleeuw in the Spanish Netherlands.

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