Siege of Barcelona (1705)

Siege of Barcelona
Part of War of the Spanish Succession

Lord Peterborough overseeing the Siege of Barcelona
Date 14 September - 19 October 1705
Location Barcelona, Spain
Result Allied victory.
Belligerents
 England
 Austria
Portugal
 Dutch Republic
Pro-Habsburg Spain
 France
Pro-Bourbon Spain
Commanders and leaders
Lord Peterborough
James Stanhope
Cloudesley Shovell
Philips van Almonde
Francisco de Velasco

The Siege of Barcelona took place between 14 September and 19 October 1705 during the War of the Spanish Succession when an Allied army supporting the Austrian pretender to the Spanish throne led by Lord Peterborough captured the city of Barcelona from its Franco-Spanish Bourbonic defenders.

An attempted landing had been repulsed the previous year at the Battle of Barcelona (1704). Following the city's capture by Peterborough, the French and Spanish launched a concerted attempt to recapture it the following year during the Siege of Barcelona (1706), which failed. The city remained in Allied hands until 1714.