siege, early modern
Siege of Alicante
Siege of Alicante was a siege conducted on 3 December 1708 at Alicante, in what is now Spain; it lasted 5 months. It was part of the War of the Spanish Succession in the Kingdom of Valencia, which ran from 1705 to 1707. The recorded result: Franco-Spanish victory. Recorded strength: Less than 1,000 against 10,000–12,000.
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Where it sits in the War of the Spanish Succession in the Kingdom of Valencia
Record
| Date | 3 December 1708 to 20 April 1709 | |
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| Place | Alicante, Spain 38.350N, 0.483W | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Strength | Less than 1,000 | 10,000–12,000 |
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Nearest engagements
- First Siege of Alicante 1706, same recorded site
- Battle of Alicante 1812, same recorded site
- Second Siege of Alicante 1706, 0.5 km S
- Siege of Elche 1332, 21 km SW
- Battle of Castalla 1813, 32 km NW
Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1706 and 1812.
In the same war
- Before: Siege of Ares del Maestrat 1 December 1707
- After: Battle of Todolella 1710
- All 9 engagements of War of the Spanish Succession in the Kingdom of Valencia
Elsewhere in 1708
- Battle of Lesnaya Belarus
- Battle of Oudenarde Belgium
- Battle of Holowczyn Belarus
- Siege of Lille France
- Battle of Trencsén Slovakia
Siege of Alicante is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q48812422, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Alicante, revision 1370738734, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.