siege, early modern

Siege of Oran (1708)

Name: Siege of Oran (1708)
Location: Oran, Algeria

Siege of Oran (1708) was a siege conducted in 1707 at Oran, in what is now Algeria; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Oran. It was part of Q106390822. The recorded result: Algerian victory. Recorded strength: Unknown, but high against A few thousand garrison troops; Several more thousand reinforcements.

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Fought1707ran into the following year

WhereOran, Algeria35.697N, 0.633W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAlgerian victory

BelligerentsRegency of Algiers; Beylik of Mascaraagainst23px Kingdom of Spain; Spanish Oran

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Part ofQ106390822

Record

Date	1707 (year precision) to 1708
Place	Oran, Algeria 35.697N, 0.633W
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Spanish Oran seized by Algiers
Strength	Unknown, but high	A few thousand garrison troops; Several more thousand reinforcements
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Mustapha Bouchelaghem Mohamed Bektach	Philip V of Spain

Placed at Oran; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Oran 1556, same recorded site
Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir 1563, same recorded site
Siege of Oran 1790–1792 1790, same recorded site
Siege of Oran 1693, same recorded site
Siege of Oran and Mers El Kébir 1675, same recorded site

Elsewhere in 1707

Siege of Oran (1708) is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 130 in present-day Algeria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q28497187, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Oran (1707–1708), revision 1370744192, 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.