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Battle of El Albujón

Battle of El Albujón was a battle fought in 1706 at Albujón, in what is now Spain. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Albujón. It was part of the War of the Spanish Succession, which ran from 1701 to 1714. The recorded result: Victory for Philip V.

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Fought1706
WhereAlbujón, Spain37.717N, 1.048W, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeVictory for Philip V
BelligerentsSpanish loyal to Philip VagainstSpanish loyal to Archduke Charles; England
Part ofWar of the Spanish SuccessionSiege of Cartagena

Where it sits in the War of the Spanish Succession

Siege of Venlo, 1701Battle of Carpi, 1701Battle of Chiari, 1701Siege of Mantoue, 1701Battle of Cremona, 1702Siege of Kaiserswerth, 1702Battle of Castiglione, 1702Siege of Landau, 1702Battle of Luzzara, 1702Battle of Cádiz, 1702Siege of Hulst, 1702Siege of Venlo, 1702Action of August 1702, 1702Capture of Liège, 1702Battle of Friedlingen, 1702Battle of Vigo Bay, 1702Siege of Kehl, 1703Siege of Guadeloupe, 1703Siege of Bonn, 1703Battle of Cap de la Roque, 1703Battle of Krottensee, 1703Battle of Stekene, 1703Battle of Ekeren, 1703Invasion of Trentino, 1703Siege of Huy, 1703First Battle of Höchstädt, 1703Raid on Nassau, 1703Battle of Speyerbach, 1703Siege of Mirandola, 1704Siege of Namur, 1704Battle of Schellenberg, 1704Capture of Gibraltar, 1704Battle of Blenheim, 1704Battle of Málaga, 1704Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar, 1704Siege of Landau, 1704Siege of Verrua Savoia, 1704Siege of Colonia del Sacramento, 1704Siege of Nice, 1705Battle of Cabrita Point, 1705Battle of Elixheim, 1705Bombardment of Alicante, 1705Battle of Cassano, 1705Siege of Zoutleeuw, 1705Siege of Hagenau, 1705Siege of Badajoz, 1705Battle of Alcántara, 1706Battle of Calcinato, 1706March to Madrid, 1706Battle of Ramillies, 1706Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, 1706Siege of Cartagena, 1706Second Siege of Alicante, 1706Battle of Murcia, 1706Siege of Turin, 1706Battle of Castiglione, 1706Battle of El Albujón, 1706Austrophile invasion of Mallorca, 1706Siege of Pavia, 1706Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1706Battle of Biniatap, 1707Battle of Almansa, 1707Action of 2 May 1707, 1707Siege of Gaeta, 1707Siege of Toulon, 1707Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, 1707Battle at The Lizard, 1707Wager's Action, 1708Battle of Oudenarde, 1708Siege of Lille, 1708Capture of Minorca, 1708Battle of Wijnendale, 1708Siege of Brussels, 1708Battle of La Gudiña, 1709Siege of Tournai, 1709Battle of Malplaquet, 1709Battle of Rio de Janeiro, 1710Battle of Syracuse, 1710Battle of Brihuega, 1710Battle of Villaviciosa, 1710Siege of Bouchain, 1711Capture of the San Joaquin, 1711Battle of Rio de Janeiro, 1711Grovestins' Cavalry Raid, 1712Battle of Denain, 1712Siege of Marchiennes, 1712Siege of Campo Maior, 1712Siege of Bouchain, 1712Siege of Castellciutat, 1713Siege of Cardona, 1713Attack on Can Navarro, 1713Rhine campaign of 1713, 1713Battle of the Malacca Strait, 1714Battle of Balsareny, 1714La Gleva Massacre, 1714Siege of Castellciutat, 1714Capture of Gironella Castle, 1714Battle of Manresa, 1714Attack on the first parallel, 1714Battle of Manresa, 1714Bourbons conquer Majorca, 171517011715Battle of El Albujón, 1706
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Record

Date1706 (year precision)
PlaceAlbujón, Spain
37.717N, 1.048W
KindBattle, early modern
Battle of El AlbujónBattle of El AlbujónBattle of CartagenaBattle of CartagenaBattle of New CarthageBattle of CartagenaSiege of CartagenaBattle of CartagenaMurciaAlicanteAlmeríaLorca100 km37.717N, 1.048W
Placed at Albujón; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Battle of El Albujón 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 Q16145135, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of El Albujón, revision 1370439778, 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.