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Siege of Gaeta (1734)

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Result
  
Franco-Spanish victory

Dates
  
8 Apr 1734 – 6 Aug 1734

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Combatants
  
Spain, Early modern France

Similar
  
Siege of Pizzighettone, Battle of Clausen, Siege of Kehl, War of the Polish Succession, Battle of Guastalla

The Siege of Gaeta was a siege during the War of Polish Succession fought at Gaeta, Italy. The Habsburgs at Gaeta withstood four months of siege from the Bourbon armies under the Duke of Parma (the future Charles III of Spain).

They were defeated on 6 August 1734 when the Spanish and French stormed the city. Twenty-seven years earlier, Austrian troops under Count Wirich Philipp von Daun had laid siege to Gaeta during the War of the Spanish Succession.

The Jacobite pretender Charles Edward Stuart was present for a time as an observer, his first exposure to war.

Siege of gaeta 1860


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