The Capture of Minorca saw the island of Menorca (called Minorca by the British) captured from Spain by British-Dutch forces acting on behalf of Charles...

themselves "King of Minorca" as a subsidiary title. Captured by Britain's Royal Navy in 1708 during the War of the Spanish Succession, Minorca temporarily...

In November 1798 a British expedition captured the island of Menorca (historically called "Minorca" by the British) from Spain. A large force under General...

was captured by the Nationalists in February 1939. Sack of Mahón (1535) Ottoman invasion of the Balearic islands (1558) Capture of Menorca (1708) Battle...

The Battle of Minorca (20 May 1756) was a naval battle between French and British fleets. It was the opening sea battle of the Seven Years' War in the...

the Sack of Mahon. Menorca was captured in 1708 by a joint British–Dutch force on behalf of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, during the War of the Spanish...

The siege of Fort St Philip, also known as the siege of Minorca, took place from 20 April to 29 June 1756 during the Seven Years' War. Ceded to Great...

Siege of Tortosa (1708) – 1708 – War of the Spanish Succession Capture of Minorca (1708) – 1708 – War of the Spanish Succession Siege of Alicante – 1708 –...

Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Squadron. He was instructed to develop the Port of Mahon as a naval base following the capture of Minorca. The dockyard...

island of Minorca had been a British possession since 1708, when it was captured during the War of the Spanish Succession. On the approach of the Seven...

the subject of another prisoner exchange and became chief engineer to General Stanhope on the Minorca Expedition of August 1708, capturing Port Mahon and...

The siege of Lille (12 August – 10 December 1708) was the salient operation of the 1708 campaign season during the War of the Spanish Succession. After...

Capture of Sardinia and Minorca, 1708 Citadel of Lille taken, 1708 City of Tournay taken, 1709 Battle of Malplaquet, 1709 Douay taken, 1710 Battle of Almenara...

ruled by Britain from its initial capture in 1708 until 1756, then occupied by France for seven years until the Peace of Paris (1763) when it was returned...

beaten at the Battle of Almansa in 1707. In 1708 the new British commander James Stanhope took the island of Minorca, a possession of more use to the British...

Leake captured Sardinia in August 1708 and landed the Earl of Stanhope with forces that took the well-fortified harbour of Port Mahon on Minorca in September...

siege of Barcelona. He also participated in the capture of Cartagena and Alicante by the Grand Alliance. In 1708, Aerssen took part in the capture of Minorca...

Toulon in August. Despite these failures, control of Gibraltar and the capture of Menorca in 1708 allowed the Royal Navy to dominate the Western Mediterranean...

Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession. He was the first British Governor of Minorca, which he captured from the Spanish in 1708. In 1710 he commanded...

The fleet went off to capture Minorca. The new viceroy's first task was the subjugation of the entire island by the removal of pro-Bourbon partisans....

the city of Oudenaarde, at the time part of the Spanish Netherlands, on 11 July 1708. With this victory, the Grand Alliance ensured the fall of various...

part of the War of the Spanish Succession. Appointed aide-de-camp to Stanhope, Cope took part in the 1708 capture of Minorca and the Battle of Almenara...

recognise Philip V of Spain, in exchange for being allowed to retain Gibraltar and Minorca. After conducting a successful evacuation of the troops from Spain...

the initiative—and make sure that the strategic island of Menorca (historically called "Minorca" by the British) was secured before it fell into French...

1708, with his Admiral's flag in HMS Northumberland, he went to join Sir John Leake in the Mediterranean where he assisted at the capture of Minorca,...

given military command of the Highlands. In 1748, he was appointed lieutenant governor of Menorca; captured by the British in 1708, the island was considered...

list of Ottoman sieges and landings from the late 1200s to World War I. Ottoman wars in Europe List of cities conquered by the Ottoman Empire List of battles...

bloodiest battles of the 18th century, the Allies won a narrow victory, but suffered heavy casualties. Allied advances in 1708 led to the renewal of peace talks...

The siege of Ghent (18–30 December 1708) was the last operation of the 1708 campaign season during the War of the Spanish Succession. After successfully...

Southern Netherlands defeat France Capture of Minorca 7–15 November - Spanish Menorca occupied by British until 1802 Capture of USS Retaliation 20 November -...