Baron Menno van Coehoorn
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Engineering, Engineers
- Curriculum: 17th Century European History, Western Civilization/European History
Article abstract: Military significance: Coehoorn was second only to Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban as a military engineer in the great age of sieges.
Baron Menno van Coehoorn’s military career began at the age of sixteen with a captaincy in his father’s infantry regiment. He served in the infantry but sought fame as a military engineer. In 1685, he published Nieuwe Vestingsbouw (new fortification), a controversial work attacking methods favored by the French.
During the summer of 1689, Coehoorn took over the Siege of Bonn, forcing a rapid...
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