CASUALTY RECORD // August 24, 1704
Battle of Málaga
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
2 sides catalogued · combined 3,163 estimated
England
1,663
Medium-confidence figure
France
1,500
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Málaga, fought on 24 August 1704, engaged English forces under Sir George Rooke and Gerard Callenburgh against a Franco-Spanish fleet commanded by the Count of Toulouse and the Count of Estrées during the War of the Spanish Succession. English casualties of 1,663 against French losses of approximately 1,500 indicate a hard-fought engagement with substantial losses on both sides. No recorded result is available in the structured record, making it difficult to assign a clear operational outcome to either side within the broader contest over control of the western Mediterranean that characterized the naval dimension of the war.
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