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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3516102, member: 89314&quot;]France AIRE-SUR-LA-LYS</p><p>Aire, in the county of Artois, was besieged ten times between 1127 and 1710.&nbsp; The French under Marshal de la Meilleraie laid siege in May 1641 and Aire surrendered on 26 July but the Spanish retook it on 7 Dec. after another siege. The town was besieged again by the French in 1676 and 1710. However, it remained a Spanish possession until ceded to France by the Treaty of Utrecht on&nbsp; 14 April 1713.</p><p>During the first 1641 siege The Spanish commander Bernovitte struck siege coins from his personal and church silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip IV of Spain 1 Livre (or Real) Uniface Siege Klippe 1641</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]933555[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>AIRE-sur-la-LYS&nbsp; </p><p>During the War of the Spanish Succession the Allies laid siege to Aire on 6 September 1710.&nbsp; The French surrendered on 9 November.</p><p><br /></p><p>Louis XIV of France 25 sols Uniface Siege Klippe 1710</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]933557[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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