What the records say
- When
- 21 Mar 1705
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.51° N, 4.88° W
- Description
- 1705 naval battle
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Cabrita Point
1705 battle of the War of the Spanish Succession
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 during the War of Spanish Succession. The battle ended in an allied victory which effectively ended the Franco-Spanish siege of Gibraltar.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Marbella”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва у Марбельи”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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