battle, notable, early modern

Battle of Saragossa

Name: Battle of Saragossa
Start: 1710-08-20
Location: Ravine of Death, Spain

Battle of Saragossa was a battle fought on 20 August 1710 at Ravine of Death, in what is now Spain. It was part of the War of the Spanish Succession in Aragon, which ran from 1701 to 1715. The recorded result: Grand Alliance victory.

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Fought20 August 1710

WhereRavine of Death, Spain41.609N, 0.890W

OutcomeGrand Alliance victory

BelligerentsGrand Alliance: Habsburg Monarchy; 22px Pro-Habsburg Spain; Kingdom of Great Britain; Dutch Republic; Kingdom of PortugalagainstPro-Bourbon Spain; Kingdom of France

Part ofWar of the Spanish Succession in Aragon1701 to 1715

Record

Date	20 August 1710
Place	Ravine of Death, Spain 41.609N, 0.890W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	22,000 to 30,000; 17,000 infantrymen; 5,000 cavalrymen
Commanders	Guido Starhemberg James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope Pedro Manuel de Ataíde	Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Second Siege of Zaragoza 1808, 4.6 km N
First Siege of Zaragoza 1808, 4.6 km N
Conquest of Zaragoza 1118, 4.6 km N
Siege of Caesaraugusta AD 542, 4.7 km N
Siege of Zaragoza AD 778, 4.7 km N

Contested ground: this site was fought over 13 times between AD 542 and 1936.

Elsewhere in 1710

Battle of Saragossa is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,204 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q833861, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Saragossa, revision 1377647912, 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.