Battle of Saragossa
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The Battle of Saragossa, 20 August 1710, took place during the War of the Spanish Succession, near Zaragoza in Spain. A slightly inferior Franco-Spanish army commanded by the Marquis de Bay was severe
A painting of the battle
Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg
Portrait of James Stanhope by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Victory of the allied troops over the Bourbons near Zaragoza. Colored etching printed in Amsterdam by Abraham Allard. At the bottom, a description of the four-column battle in Dutch and French. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum. The print reuses a plate by Romeyn de Hooghe from 1690 depicting the victory of William III of Orange over James II of England.
The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The death of Charles II of Spain in November 1700 without children led to a contest for the successi
Clockwise, from top left: Battle of Blenheim (13 August 1704) Battle of Ramillies (23 May 1706) Battle of Almansa (25 April 1707) Battle of Denain (24 July 1712)
Charles II, 1665–1700, last Habsburg King of Spain
Proclamation of Philip of Anjou as Philip V of Spain, Versailles, 16 November 1700
Francis Rákóczi, leader of the 1703–1711 Hungarian revolt; funded by France, this was a major distraction for Austria