Siege of Barcelona (1705)
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| Part of War of the Spanish Succession | |||||||
 Lord Peterborough overseeing the Siege of Barcelona |
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 England Austria Portugal Dutch Republic Pro-Habsburg Spain
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 France Pro-Bourbon Spain
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Lord Peterborough James Stanhope Cloudesley Shovell Philips van Almonde
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Francisco de Velasco
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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.
Coordinates: 41°24′07″N 2°10′17″E / 41.40194°N 2.17139°E
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