Siege of Girona (1710–1711) 1710
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Year | 1710 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
|---|---|---|
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Spain | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | War of the Spanish Succession in Catalonia | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Austrophiles, Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 41.9844, 2.8211 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
During the War of the Spanish Succession, the city of Girona was besieged by French troops allied with Bourbon Spain from 15 December 1710 until 25 January 1711, when its Habsburg defenders surrendered.
The attacking Franco-Spanish army numbered some 19,000 and was commanded by Duke Adrien Maurice de Noailles. The city was well provisioned and hard to approach for artillery. It was defended by Count Georg Ignaz von Tattenbach.
As Noailles began his march in the winter, the weather was harsh. Fort Rouge was undermined and abandoned, but flooding made the French artillery positions untenable for a time. They were reestablished on 14 January and had breached the walls by 23 January, when an assault party took up positions to enter the city. Tattenbach asked for terms the following day. The defenders were given the honours of war.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Siege of Girona (1710–1711) (revision 1370741507), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; shortened by selecting paragraphs and trimming at a sentence boundary; formatting and citations removed. No text added.
Nearby battles
- Third siege of Girona (Peninsular War) 1809 · 0 km
- First Siege of Girona (Peninsular War) 1808 · 0 km
- Second Siege of Girona (Peninsular War) 1808 · 0 km
- Battle of La Bisbal 1810 · 18 km
- Battle of Bascara (1795) 1795 · 21 km
- Battle of Torroella 1694 · 26 km
Other battles of the War of the Spanish Succession in Catalonia
- Landing at Barcelona (1704) 1704
- Battle of Montjuïc (1705) 1705
- Siege of Barcelona (1705) 1705
- Siege of Barcelona (1706) 1706
- Siege of Tortosa (1708) 1708
- Battle of Almenar 1710
- Siege of Barcelona (1713–1714) 1713
All 8 battles of the War of the Spanish Succession in Catalonia →
Browse more: battles in Spain · Europe · Early modern battles