Battle of Cabrita Point

Battle of Cabrita Point
	Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
	; A lithograph of the battle
Date	21 March 1705
Location	Off Marbella, Atlantic Ocean
Result	Grand Alliance victory
Belligerents
England ; Portugal ; Dutch Republic	France ; Spain
Commanders and leaders
John Leake	Bernard Desjean
Strength
35 ships of the line	18 ships of the line
Casualties and losses
Unknown killed and wounded	Unknown killed and wounded ; 3 ships of the line captured ; 2 ships of the line destroyed

The Battle of Cabrita Point, also known Battle of Marbella, was a naval battle that took place while a combined Spanish-French force besieged Gibraltar on 10 March 1705 (21 March 1705 in the New Calendar) during the War of Spanish Succession. The battle ended in an allied victory (English, Portuguese and Dutch) which effectively ended the Franco-Spanish siege of Gibraltar.

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