CASUALTY RECORD // July 9, 1672
Siege of Groningen
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
1 sides catalogued · combined 5,000–10,000 estimated
Bishopric of Münster
5,000–10,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Siege of Groningen, fought on 9 July 1672, saw a Münsterite force of between 13,000 and 24,000 troops under Bernhard von Galen attempt to reduce the city against a Dutch garrison of roughly 2,500 under Carl von Rabenhaupt. Münsterite casualties of between 5,000 and 10,000 against so small a defending force indicate that the siege imposed severe losses on the attacking army. The engagement took place during the broader Franco-Dutch War, in which the Bishopric of Münster acted as an allied belligerent alongside France in its assault on the Dutch Republic.
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