Capture of Minorca (1708)

Capture of Minorca
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession

British silver crowns struck to commemorate the capture of Minorca and Sardinia in 1708
Date14–21 September 1708
Location
Result Anglo-Dutch victory
Belligerents
 Great Britain
 Dutch Republic
Spain Spain
 France
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Great Britain James Stanhope
Kingdom of Great Britain George Wade
Kingdom of Great Britain Sir John Leake

The Capture of Minorca saw the island of Menorca captured from Spain by British and Dutch forces acting on behalf of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor the Austrian claimant to the Spanish throne in September 1708 during the War of the Spanish Succession. The British would later annex the island as their own possession at the Treaty of Utrecht (1713).