The siege of Barcelona of 1697 was successfully conducted during the

Nine Years' War The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg, was a conflict between France and a European coalition which mainly included the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarch ...

by France.

Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, often simply called Vendôme (1 July 165411 June 1712) was a French general and Marshal of France. One of the great generals of his era, he was one of Louis XIV's most successful commanders in the War of ...

, commanding some 32,000 troops (reinforced with troops from the ended Italian front of the war), forced the garrison, under

Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt Prince George Louis of Hessen-Darmstadt (1669 – 13 September 1705) was a Field Marshal in the Austrian army. He is known for his career in Habsburg Spain, as Viceroy of Catalonia (1698–1701), head of the Austrian army in the War of the Span ...

, to capitulate on 10 August. Nevertheless, it had been a hard fought contest: according to John Lynn, French casualties totalled around 9,000, while the losses on the Spanish side were 12,000 killed, wounded, or lost, although Antonio Espino López has set the figure for Spanish losses at 4,500 killed and 800 wounded, and the French casualties at 15,000, including 52 engineers.Espino López, p. 811

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*Childs, John. ''The Nine Years' War and the British Army.'' Manchester University Press, 1991. *Espino López, Antonio. '' El frente catalán en la Guerra de los Nueve Años, 1689-1697 ''. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Història Moderna i Contemporània, 1994. * Lynn, John A. ''The Wars of Louis XIV: 1667–1714.'' Longman, 1999. {{coord, 41.3833, N, 2.1667, E, source:wikidata, display=title Conflicts in 1697 1697 in Spain Military history of Barcelona 17th century in Barcelona France–Spain military relations