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Battle of Almenar of 1710

Almenar, Segrià, Lleida

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Battle of Almenar of 1710

Historical milestone · Almenar, Segrià, Lleida

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The Battle of Almenar was fought on 27 July 1710, during the most intense campaign of the War of the Spanish Succession, when the allied army of Archduke Charles, commanded by Marshal Guido Starhemberg with the Englishman James Stanhope as second-in-command, defeated the Bourbon troops of the Marquis of Villadarias, fighting on behalf of Philip V, on the plains beside the Noguera Ribagorçana. King Philip V had left Madrid on 3 May for the camp at Lleida, intending to conquer the stronghold of Balaguer after crossing the Segre; the allied army, reinforced with troops arriving from Italy and Dutch recruits, responded swiftly to these movements. The victory opened the road to Zaragoza for the Austracists.

1710

Photo: Government of Catalonia (Attribution)

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