Twelfth siege of Gibraltar
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title:
Twelfth siege of Gibraltar
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The twelfth siege of Gibraltar was fought between September 1704 and May 1705 during the War of the Spanish Succession. It followed the capture in August 1704 of the fortified town of Gibraltar, at the southern tip of Spain, by an Anglo–Dutch naval force led by Sir George Rooke and Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt. The members of the Grand Alliance, the Holy Roman Empire, England, the Netherlands, Pro-Habsburg Spain, Portugal and Savoy, had allied to prevent the unification of the French and Spa
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Siege of War of the Spanish Succession
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_siege_of_Gibraltar
date created:
2013-03-01T19:16:02Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T19:25:36Z
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