What the records say
- When
- 12 Jun 1708 – 8 Jul 1708
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 40.81° N, 0.52° E
- Description
- 1708 siege
Siege of Tortosa (1708)
The siege of Tortosa was a siege of the city of Tortosa from 12 June to 8 July 1708 during the War of the Spanish Succession. It pitched a Franco-Spanish force of 28,000 under the Duke of Orleans and Antoni de Villarroel against a combined Catalan and British force of 5,140 infantry and 70 cavalry under Ignasi Minguella, Francesc Montagut and general Jones.
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