Capture of Minorca (1708)

Capture of Minorca
	Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
Date	14–21 September 1708
Location	Menorca, Spain
Result	Grand Alliance victory. Minorca awarded to Britain by treaty in 1713
Belligerents
Great Britain; Dutch Republic	Bourbon Spain
Commanders and leaders
	James Stanhope; George Wade; Sir John Leake

The Capture of Minorca saw the island of Menorca (called Minorca by the British) captured from Spain by British-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).

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