What the records say
- When
- Jul 1707 – 30 Sep 1707
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 41.22° N, 13.57° E
- Description
- 1707 Austrian attack during the War of the Spanish Succession
Siege of Gaeta (1707)
Siege during the War of the Spanish Succession
The siege of Gaeta was a three-month siege of the Italian city of Gaeta in 1707 by the forces of the Austrian monarchy under Wirich Philipp von Daun, during the War of the Spanish Succession. It ended on 30 September with the total destruction of the city's historic fortifications.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise de Gaète par les Autrichiens”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “30 сентября — осада Гаэты”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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