Spanish Theatre (War of the Spanish Succession)
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Was the theatre of war in Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession.
Chronology
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July 1708: The duke of Orléans took Tortosa in mid-July.
September 1705: The castle of Montjuïc fell into the hands of the allies.
December 1705: Valencia conquered by austria.
July 1707: Claude François Bidal d'Asfeld retook Xátiva for Spain in June.
June 1707: With the allies in full retreat, the duke of Orléans arrived from Italy and joined the duke of Berwick to retake much of what had been lost in previous military campaigns: the city of Valencia and Zaragoza fell in May.
August 1704: British forces captured Gibraltar.
June 1706: Portuguese, Dutch and English elements entered Madrid.
June 1706: During the War of the Spanish Succession, the city of Zaragoza was captured by the Allied forces on June 29, 1706. This victory was led by the Duke of Berwick, a prominent military leader in the Spanish army who fought for the Bourbon dynasty.
July 1706: Alicante is taken by the Allies in 1706 in the wake of their landing at Barcelona.
October 1706: Philip V returned to Madrid at the beginning of October.
December 1707: Lleida conquered by Personal Union of Aragon and Castile.
September 1708: In 1708, an English expedition led by Admiral John Norris and General John Campbell landed in Sardinia as part of the War of the Spanish Succession. The island was occupied by Great Britain for strategic purposes, aiming to secure naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
August 1710: With the battle of Zaragoza the allies regained control of Aragon.
December 1710: During the War of the Spanish Succession, French forces led by the Duke of Vendôme captured British General James Stanhope in Brihuega on December 9, 1710. This event was a significant setback for the Grand Alliance forces.
December 1710: Even if the Count of Starhemberg was able to stand up to his enemies, the allies were subsequently forced into a hasty retreat towards Catalonia, reduced only to the regions of Tarragona, Igualada and Barcelona where they remained until the end of the war.
October 1705: Barcelona, surrounded by allied troops, capitulated on 9 October also due to a popular revolt that began in the La Ribera district.
October 1706: The islands of Ibiza and Maiorca conquered by austria.
August 1713: In March 1713, Count Sinzendorf, the emperor's delegate to the congress, signed an agreement for the evacuation of the imperial troops from Catalonia: the Empress departed from Barcelona on 19 March, followed the following July by Count Starhemberg.
September 1710: Charles III, the Habsburg pretender to the Spanish throne, entered Madrid in 1710, facing resistance from the city's residents who were loyal to the Bourbon dynasty.
October 1707: The Bourbons recovered the city of Ciudad Rodrigo through the Marquis of Bay.
January 1707: Ciudad Rodrigo is conquere by the Allied of the War of the Spanish Succession.
December 1707: Much of Aragon and Valencia returned to obedience to Philip V, and the allies were driven back into Catalonia, beyond the line of the Segre and Ebro rivers.
September 1708: British forces captured Minorca.
