Capture of Minorca (1708)

Capture of Minorca
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
British silver crowns struck to commemorate the capture of Minorca and Sardinia in 1708
Date 14–21 September 1708 Location Menorca Result Anglo-Dutch victory
Belligerents
Great Britain  Dutch Republic	Spain  France
Commanders and leaders
James Stanhope George Wade Sir John Leake

The Capture of Minorca saw the island of Menorca captured from Spain by British and Dutch forces acting on behalf of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor the Austrian claimant to the Spanish throne in September 1708 during the War of the Spanish Succession. The British would later annex the island as their own possession at the Treaty of Utrecht (1713).