What the records say
- When
- 20 Apr 1756 – 29 Jun 1756
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 39.87° N, 4.31° E
- Description
- 1756 French capture of British Menorca
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Siege of Fort St Philip begins when the French under Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار حصن سانت فيلب في الفترة ما بين أبريل و29 يونيو”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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