Date 19 October 1705 Location Barcelona, Spain | Result Grand Alliance victory. | |
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Combatants Kingdom of England, Habsburg Monarchy, Netherlands, Archduchy of Austria, Kingdom of Portugal Similar Battle of Calcinato, Battle of Toulon, Capture of Minorca, Battle of Almenar, Battle of Luzzara | ||
The Siege of Barcelona took place between 14 September and 19 October 1705 during the War of the Spanish Succession when a multinational Grand Alliance army led by Lord Peterborough, supporting the Habsburg pretender to the Spanish throne, captured the city of Barcelona from its Franco-Spanish Bourbonic defenders.
An attempted landing had been repulsed the previous year at the Battle of Barcelona (1704). Following the city's capture by Peterborough, the French and Spanish launched a concerted attempt to recapture it the following year during the Siege of Barcelona (1706), which failed. The city and entire Catalonia remained in Allied hands until 1714.
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