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siege, major, early modern

Capture of Gibraltar

Capture of Gibraltar was a siege conducted on 4 August 1704 at Gibraltar, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of the War of the Spanish Succession, which ran from 1701 to 1714. The recorded result: Anglo-Dutch victory. Recorded strength: 2,000; 63 warships against 430.

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IdentificatieTitel(s): Verovering van Gibraltar door een Engels-Nederlandse vloot, 1704. Verovering van de sterke stad Gibraltar door de gecombineerde Engelsche en Hollandsche Oorlogsvloot (titel op o
IdentificatieTitel(s): Verovering van Gibraltar door een Engels-Nederlandse vloot, 1704. Verovering van de sterke stad Gibraltar door de gecombineerde Engelsche en Hollandsche Oorlogsvloot (titel op o. Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought4 August 1704
WhereGibraltar, United Kingdom36.140N, 5.354W
OutcomeAnglo-Dutch victory
BelligerentsKingdom of England; Dutch RepublicagainstBourbon Spain
Casualties and losses60 killed; 200 woundedand420 killed; 10 severely wounded
Part ofWar of the Spanish Succession1701 to 1714

Where it sits in the War of the Spanish Succession

Siege of Venlo, 1701Battle of Carpi, 1701Battle of Chiari, 1701Siege of Mantoue, 1701Battle of Cremona, 1702Siege of Kaiserswerth, 1702Battle of Castiglione, 1702Siege of Landau, 1702Battle of Luzzara, 1702Battle of Cádiz, 1702Siege of Hulst, 1702Siege of Venlo, 1702Action of August 1702, 1702Capture of Liège, 1702Battle of Friedlingen, 1702Battle of Vigo Bay, 1702Siege of Kehl, 1703Siege of Guadeloupe, 1703Siege of Bonn, 1703Battle of Cap de la Roque, 1703Battle of Krottensee, 1703Battle of Stekene, 1703Battle of Ekeren, 1703Siege of Huy, 1703First Battle of Höchstädt, 1703Battle of Speyerbach, 1703Siege of Mirandola, 1704Siege of Namur, 1704Battle of Schellenberg, 1704Capture of Gibraltar, 1704Battle of Blenheim, 1704Battle of Málaga, 1704Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar, 1704Siege of Landau, 1704Siege of Verrua Savoia, 1704Siege of Colonia del Sacramento, 1704Siege of Nice, 1705Battle of Cabrita Point, 1705Battle of Elixheim, 1705Battle of Cassano, 1705Siege of Zoutleeuw, 1705Siege of Hagenau, 1705Siege of Badajoz, 1705Battle of Alcántara, 1706Battle of Calcinato, 1706Battle of Ramillies, 1706Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, 1706Siege of Cartagena, 1706Second Siege of Alicante, 1706Battle of Murcia, 1706Siege of Turin, 1706Battle of Castiglione, 1706Siege of Pavia, 1706Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1706Battle of Biniatap, 1707Battle of Almansa, 1707Action of 2 May 1707, 1707Siege of Gaeta, 1707Siege of Toulon, 1707Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, 1707Battle at The Lizard, 1707Wager's Action, 1708Battle of Oudenarde, 1708Siege of Lille, 1708Battle of Wijnendale, 1708Siege of Brussels, 1708Battle of La Gudiña, 1709Siege of Tournai, 1709Battle of Malplaquet, 1709Battle of Rio de Janeiro, 1710Battle of Syracuse, 1710Battle of Brihuega, 1710Battle of Villaviciosa, 1710Siege of Bouchain, 1711Capture of the San Joaquin, 1711Battle of Rio de Janeiro, 1711Battle of Denain, 1712Siege of Marchiennes, 1712Siege of Campo Maior, 1712Siege of Bouchain, 1712Siege of Castellciutat, 1713Siege of Cardona, 1713Attack on Can Navarro, 1713Battle of the Malacca Strait, 1714Battle of Balsareny, 1714La Gleva Massacre, 1714Siege of Castellciutat, 1714Capture of Gironella Castle, 1714Battle of Manresa, 1714Attack on the first parallel, 1714Battle of Manresa, 1714Bourbons conquer Majorca, 171517011715Capture of Gibraltar, 1704
92 placed engagements of the War of the Spanish Succession in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date4 August 1704
to 3 August 1704
PlaceGibraltar, United Kingdom
36.140N, 5.354W
KindSiege, early modern
Strength2,000; 63 warships430
Casualties and losses60 killed; 200 wounded420 killed; 10 severely wounded
Commanders
  • Diego de Salinas
Capture of GibraltarCapture of GibraltarGreat Siege of GibraltarFirst Siege of GibraltarSecond Siege of GibraltarThirteenth Siege of GibraltarFifth Siege of GibraltarGreat Siege of GibraltarTangierGranada‎CádizMálagaKsar El KebirHuelvaLaracheMarbella100 km36.140N, 5.354W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Capture of Gibraltar
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Capture of Gibraltar today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-08-25. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 20 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from -7 to 370 m, 376 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 73% water, 16% built-up, 5% tree cover.

water: 73%built-up: 16%tree cover: 5%grassland: 5%water 73%built-up 16%tree cover 5%grassland 5%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 286 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 30 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 26 times between 206 BC and 1942.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1704

Capture of Gibraltar is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q694073, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Gibraltar, revision 1370608722, 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.