Siege of Barcelona (1697)

1697 siege during the Nine Years' War

Siege of Barcelona

Part of Nine Years' War

Map of the siege by an unknown author printed in Paris.
| Date| 12 June – 10 August 1697

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Location|

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Result|  French victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France|  Crown of Aragon
Commanders and leaders
Duke of Vendôme|  Francisco de Velasco
George of Hesse-Darmstadt
Units involved
Royal Danois[1]|  Unknown
Strength
25,000–32,000 men|  Unknown
Casualties and losses
9,000|  12,000

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Nine Years' War

Flanders and the Lower Rhine

* Kaiserswerth
* Walcourt
* Bonn
* Fleurus
* Mons
* Leuze
* 1st Namur
* Steenkerque
* Dottignies
* 1st Huy
* Landen
* Charleroi
* 1st Diksmuide
* 2nd Huy
* 2nd Namur
* 1st Deinze
* Brussels
* 2nd Diksmuide
* Givet
* 2nd Deinze
* Ath

Upper Rhine

* Philippsburg
* Mannheim
* Frankenthal
* Mainz

Piedmont

* Staffarda
* Susa
* Nice
* Cuneo
* Pinerolo
* Marsaglia
* Valenza

Catalonia

* Barretinas
* Second Brotherhood
* Roses
* Torroella
* Girona
* Sant Esteve d'en Bas
* Barcelona

Ireland

* Bandon
* Dromore
* Derry
* Newtownbutler
* Carrickfergus
* Newry
* Cavan
* Boyne
* 1st Athlone
* Waterford
* 1st Limerick
* Cork and Kinsale
* 2nd Athlone
* Aughrim
* 2nd Limerick

England and Scotland

* Invasion of England
* Wincanton
* Reading
* Loup Hill
* Killiecrankie
* Dunkeld
* Cromdale
* Glencoe

Caribbean

* 1st Guárico
* 2nd Guárico
* Cartagena de Indias
* 3rd Guárico

Asia

* Pondichéry

Naval battles

* Bantry Bay
* Beachy Head
* Alicante
* Barfleur and La Hogue
* Barfleur
* Cherbourg
* La Hogue
* Lagos
* Camaret
* Dieppe
* Texel
* Dunkirk
* Dogger Bank

Hudson Bay

* Hudson Bay (1686)
* 1st Fort Albany
* 2nd Fort Albany
* York Factory
* Hudson Bay (1697)

Quebec and New York

* Lachine
* Schenectady
* Quebec
* La Prairie
* Mohawk Valley
* Wilton

New England, Acadia and Newfoundland

* Dover
* 1st Pemaquid
* Salmon Falls
* Port Royal
* Falmouth
* Chedabucto
* 1st St. John
* York
* Wells
* Placentia
* Oyster River
* Groton
* 2nd St. John
* 2nd Pemaquid
* Chignecto
* Fort Nashwaak
* Newfoundland
* Haverhill

The siege of Barcelona of 1697 was successfully conducted during the Nine Years' War by France. Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, commanding some 32,000 troops (reinforced with troops from the ended Italian front of the war),[2] forced the garrison, under Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, to capitulate on 10 August. Nevertheless, it had been a hard fought contest: according to John Lynn, French casualties totalled around 9,000, while the losses on the Spanish side were 12,000 killed, wounded, or lost,[3] although Antonio Espino López has set the figure for Spanish losses at 4,500 killed and 800 wounded, and the French casualties at 15,000, including 52 engineers.[4]

## Notes

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1. ^ "Royal Danois. Ludvig XIVs dansk-norske Regiment 1690-98". Krigsvidenskab.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-01-12.
2. ^ Childs states 25,000 French troops.
3. ^ Lynn, p. 261.
4. ^ Espino López, p. 811

## References

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* Childs, John. The Nine Years' War and the British Army. Manchester University Press, 1991. ISBN 0719034612
* Espino López, Antonio.  El frente catalán en la Guerra de los Nueve Años, 1689-1697 . Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Història Moderna i Contemporània, 1994. ISBN 9788469202272
* Lynn, John A. The Wars of Louis XIV: 1667–1714. Longman, 1999. ISBN 0582056292

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