Siege of Girona (1710–1711)

Part of War of the Spanish Succession

Map of the fortifications of Girona at the start of the siege on 16 December, printed at Amsterdam in 1735
| Date| December 1710 – 25 January 1711

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Location|

Girona

Result|  French victory
Belligerents
France
Bourbon Spain|  Habsburg Spain
Commanders and leaders
Adrien Maurice de Noailles|  Georg Ignaz von Tattenbach [de]
Strength
19,000

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Spanish Succession
Europe

Low Countries, Upper France and Upper Rhine

* Kaiserswerth
* 1st Fort Isabella
* Middelburg
* Saint Donas
* Nijmegen
* Groesbeek
* Hulst
* Venlo
* Stevensweert
* Roermond
* 1st Liége
* Bonn
* Stekene
* Ekeren
* 1st Huy
* Limburg
* 2nd Fort Isabella
* 2nd Huy
* 2nd Liége
* 3rd Huy
* Elixheim
* Zoutleeuw
* Zandvliet
* Diest
* Ramillies
* Antwerp
* Ostend
* Menin
* Dendermonde
* Ath
* Oudenarde
* Lille
* Wijnendale
* Leffinghe
* Hondschoote
* Brussels
* Saint Ghislain
* Ghent
* Tournai
* Malplaquet
* Mons
* 1st Douai
* Béthune
* Saint-Venant
* Aire
* 1st Bouchain
* Arras
* 1st Le Quesnoy
* Landrécies
* Grovestins' Cavalry Raid
* Denain
* Marchiennes
* 2nd Douai
* 2nd Le Quesnoy
* 2nd Bouchain
* Knocke

Germany

* 1st Landau
* Friedlingen
* Rheinberg
* 1st Trarbach
* Andernach
* Neubourg
* Geldern
* Kehl
* Sigharting
* Munderkingen
* Breisach
* Höchstädt
* Speyerbach
* 2nd Landau
* Augsburg
* Schellenberg
* Rain
* Villingen
* Ingolstadt
* Blenheim
* Ulm
* 3rd Landau
* 2nd Trarbach
* Wissembourg
* Lauterbourg
* Homburg
* 1st Haguenau
* Drusenheim
* 2nd Haguenau
* Bavaria
* Sendling
* Aidenbach
* 3rd Hagenau
* Stollhofen
* Rumersheim
* 4th Landau
* Freiburg

Italy and Southern France

* Carpi
* Chiari
* Cremona
* 1st Castiglione
* Santa Vittoria
* Luzzara
* Borgoforte
* Guastalla
* Governolo
* Nago
* Arco
* Castelnuovo Bormida
* 1st Susa
* Vercelli
* Ivrea
* Verrua
* Chivasso
* Mirandola
* Cassano
* Nice
* Calcinato
* Turin
* 2nd Castiglione
* Pavia
* Alessandria
* Pizzigetone
* Casale
* Milan
* Toulon
* 2nd Susa
* Gaeta
* Exilles
* Fenestrelles
* Cesana
* Syracuse

Iberian Peninsula

* Cádiz
* Castello de Vide
* 1st Barcelona
* Portalegre
* 1st Gibraltar
* Ceuta
* 2nd Gibraltar
* Valencia de Alcántara
* Albuquerque
* Montjuïc
* 2nd Barcelona
* Badajoz
* San Mateo
* 3rd Barcelona
* Alcántara
* 1st Ciudad Rodrigo
* 1st Madrid
* Murcia
* El Albujón
* 1st Majorca
* Cuenca
* Elche
* Santa Cruz de Tenerife
* Castellón
* Villena
* Almansa
* Xàtiva
* 2nd Ciudad Rodrigo
* Lleida
* Morella
* Tortosa
* Minorca
* Denia
* Alicante
* La Gudiña
* Almenar
* Zaragoza
* 2nd Madrid
* Brihuega
* Villaviciosa
* 1st Girona
* Aren Fort
* Venasque
* Tortosa
* Cardona
* 2nd Girona
* 4th Barcelona
* 2nd Majorca

Hungary

* Dolha
* Mukachevo
* Tiszabecs
* Tiszántúl
* Halas
* Bonchida
* Zvolen
* Belényes
* Holdvilág
* Feketehalom
* Biskupice
* Szomolány
* Koroncó
* 1st Saint Gotthard
* Titel
* Nagyszombat
* Kiliti
* Pudmeric
* Székelykocsárd
* Zsibó
* 2nd Saint Gotthard
* Győrvár
* Trenčín
* Kölesd
* Romhány

Naval battles

* Vigo Bay
* Cap de la Roque
* Cape Spartel
* Málaga
* Cabrita Point
* Beachy Head
* Lizard Point

During the War of the Spanish Succession, the city of Girona was besieged by French troops allied with Bourbon Spain from 15 December 1710 until 25 January 1711, when its Habsburg defenders surrendered.[1][2]

The attacking Franco-Spanish army numbered some 19,000 and was commanded by Duke Adrien Maurice de Noailles. The city was well provisioned and hard to approach for artillery. It was defended by Count Georg Ignaz von Tattenbach [de].[1]

As Noailles began his march in the winter, the weather was harsh. Fort Rouge was undermined and abandoned, but flooding made the French artillery positions untenable for a time. They were reestablished on 14 January and had breached the walls by 23 January, when an assault party took up positions to enter the city. Tattenbach asked for terms the following day. The defenders were given the honours of war.[1]

Two Latin poems in praise of Noailles were written in response to the taking of Girona. Pierre D'Orival compared the duke's success to that of his father, Duke Anne Jules, at the siege of Girona [ca] in 1694. In his poem De Gerunda ab illustrissimo Duce Noallio expugnata ("The Storming of Girona by the Most Illustrious Duke of Noailles"), Thomas Maria des Antons singles out for praise the duke's tactical decision to strike in winter.[3]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c Falkner 2015, pp. 190–191.
2. ^ Coroleu 2024, p. 80.
3. ^ Coroleu 2024, pp. 83–84.

## Bibliography

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* Coroleu, Alejandro (2024). Latin Political Propaganda in the War of the Spanish Succession and Its Aftermath, 1700–1740. Bloomsbury.
* Falkner, James (2015). The War of the Spanish Succession, 1701–1714. Pen and Sword Military.

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