Siege of Toulon

Overview

The siege of Toulon took place between 29 July and 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.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Significance

The Siege of Toulon was contested during the War of the Spanish Succession, though the supplied overview describes a different conflict and context. The structured facts record a Habsburg force of 35,000 under Victor Amadeus, Prince Eugene, and Cloudesley Shovell facing a French garrison under the Comte de Tessé, with Habsburg casualties reaching 13,000. The disparity between the attacking force and the recorded losses indicates a costly and likely unsuccessful effort to seize one of France's principal naval ports on the Mediterranean.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (6)