Siege of Toulon (1707)

Siege of Toulon
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession

Map of the siege
Date29 July – 21 August 1707
Location
Result French victory
Belligerents
 Habsburg monarchy
 Savoy
 Great Britain
 Dutch Republic
 France
Commanders and leaders
Victor Amadeus
Prince Eugene
Cloudesley Shovell
Cornelis Beeckman
Johann Wilhelm of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg  
Comte de Tessé
Comte de Médavy
Strength
35,000 10,000 garrison
20,000 field force [1]
Casualties and losses
13,000 dead, wounded, deserted or died of disease Unknown
46 ships of the line scuttled

The siege of Toulon took place between 29 July to 21 August 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession, when a combined Savoyard-Imperial army supported by a British naval force, attacked the French base at Toulon.

The Allies had insufficient men to institute a formal siege, while they were outnumbered by French land forces; after losing around 13,000 men, mostly from disease, they retreated to Piedmont. The French fleet inside the harbour, including 46 ships of the line, was sunk to prevent its destruction; the fleet would not be re-floated until after the war ended, cementing British control of the western Mediterranean.

However, the Allied defeat ended hopes of attacking France through its vulnerable southern border, forcing the Allies into a war of attrition on its much more strongly held northern frontier. The battle's outcome also effectively brought an end to major operations in Italy.

  1. ^ Holmes 2008, p. 359.

Siege of Toulon (1707)

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