Siege of Barcelona (1705)

Siege of Barcelona
Part of War of the Spanish Succession
Lord Peterborough overseeing the Siege of Barcelona
Date 14 September – 19 October 1705 Location Barcelona, Principality of Catalonia, Spain Result Grand Alliance victory.
Belligerents
England  Austria Portugal  Dutch Republic Pro-Habsburg Spain	France Pro-Bourbon Spain
Commanders and leaders
Lord Peterborough James Stanhope Cloudesley Shovell Philips van Almonde	Francisco de Velasco

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 Franco-Spanish Bourbonic defenders.

An attempted landing had been repulsed the previous year at the Battle of Barcelona (1704). Following the city's capture by Peterborough, the French and Spanish launched a concerted attempt to recapture it the following year during the Siege of Barcelona (1706), which failed. The city and entire Catalonia remained in Allied hands until 1714.

Coordinates: 41°24′07″N 2°10′17″E / 41.40194°N 2.17139°E / 41.40194; 2.17139