Battle of Almansa

Battle of Almansa
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession

The Battle of Almansa by Ricardo Balaca
Date25 April 1707
Location
Almansa, Albacete, Spain
Result Franco-Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain Kingdom of Spain
 Kingdom of France		 England Kingdom of England
Portugal Kingdom of Portugal
 Dutch Republic
 Holy Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of France Duke of Berwick Kingdom of England Earl of Galway
Portugal Marquess of Minas
Dutch Republic Jacques-Louis Comte de Noyelles[1]
Strength
  • 28,000[4]
  • 16,500[2]
  • 16,000[3]
    • Casualties and losses
  • 1,500 killed or wounded[5]
  • 2,000 killed or wounded[3][6]
  • 5,000 killed or wounded[2]
    		•
  • 4,000 killed or wounded, 3,000 captured[2]
  • 7,000 killed, wounded or captured[5]
  • 5,000 killed or wounded, 7,000 captured[3]
  • 5,000 killed or wounded, 10,000 captured[6]
  • 17,000 killed, wounded or captured[7]

    • The Battle of Almansa took place on 25 April 1707, during the War of the Spanish Succession. It was fought between an army loyal to Philip V of Spain, Bourbon claimant to the Spanish throne, and one supporting his Habsburg rival, Archduke Charles of Austria. The result was a decisive Bourbon victory that reclaimed most of eastern Spain for Philip.

    The Bourbon army was commanded by the Duke of Berwick, illegitimate son of James II of England, while Habsburg forces were led by Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, an exiled French Huguenot. This makes it "probably the only battle in history in which the English forces were commanded by a Frenchman, the French by an Englishman."[8]

    1. ^ Enschedé, A.J. (1896). "Jacques-Louis, Comte de Noyelles et de Fallais. Général au service des Provinces-Unies". Bulletin de la Commission pour l'histoire des églises Wallonnes (in French). Martinus Nijhoff. pp. 79–88. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
    2. ^ a b c d Kamen 2003, p. 445.
    3. ^ a b c d Bodart 1908, p. 151.
    4. ^ La guerra de sucesión en Valencia (De bello rustico Valentino). José Manuel Miñana, Francisco Jorge Pérez Durá & José María Estellés i González, Real Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 1985, pp. 183.
    5. ^ a b Albareda Salvadó 2010, p. 223.
    6. ^ a b De Périni 1896, p. 190.
    7. ^ Resumen de historia de España: con un breve compendio dialogado para los niños. Esteban Paluzíe y Cantalozella, Litogr. del autor, 1866, pp. 107.
    8. ^ Norwich 2007, p. 237.