Siege of Barcelona (1705)

Siege of Barcelona
Part of War of the Spanish Succession

Lord Peterborough overseeing the siege of Barcelona
Date14 September – 19 October 1705
Location
Result Grand Alliance victory
Belligerents
Spain Pro-Bourbon Spain  England
 Austria
Portugal
 Dutch Republic
Spain Pro-Habsburg Spain
Commanders and leaders
Spain Francisco de Velasco Kingdom of England Lord Peterborough
Kingdom of England Earl Stanhope
Kingdom of England Cloudesley Shovell
Dutch Republic Philips van Almonde
Spain Prince George 
Strength

5,800[1]


5,000 infantry
800 cavalry

11,000[1]


8,000 regulars
3,000 militia
52 ships
40 heavy siege guns
Casualties and losses
Entire garrison captured[1] Unknown

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 Spanish Bourbonic defenders, most of whom then joined the Habsburg army.[1]

An attempted landing had been repulsed the previous year at the Landing at Barcelona. Following the city's capture by Peterborough, the Bourbons launched a concerted attempt to recapture it the following year during the 1706 siege of Barcelona, which failed. The city and Catalonia remained in Allied hands until reconquered by the Bourbons in 1714.

  1. ^ a b c d Bodart 1908, p. 143.