Battle of Saragossa

Battle of Saragossa
	Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
	; A painting of the battle
Date	20 August 1710
Location	Zaragoza, Spain
Result	Grand Alliance victory
Belligerents
Grand Alliance:; Austria; Habsburg Spain; Great Britain; Dutch Republic; Portugal	Bourbon Spain; France
Commanders and leaders
Guido Starhemberg; Earl Stanhope; Count of Atalaia	Marquis de Bay; Duke of Havré †
Units involved
Imperial Army; British Army; Dutch States Army; Portuguese Army	Spanish Army; French Royal Army
Strength
22,000–30,000; • 17,000 infantrymen; • 5,000 cavalrymen;	18,000–23,000; • 14,000 infantrymen; • 6,000 cavalrymen; ; up to 36 guns
Casualties and losses
1,500 to 1,600 dead or wounded	approx. 6,000 dead or wounded, or between 5,000 and 10,000 ; 5,000 to 7,000 captured ; 20–36 cannons captured ; 87 flags and standards captured

The Battle of Saragossa, 20 August 1710, took place during the War of the Spanish Succession, near Zaragoza in Spain. A slightly inferior Franco-Spanish army commanded by the Marquis de Bay was severely defeated by a Grand Alliance force under Guido Starhemberg.

Victory allowed the Allies to enter Madrid, but lack of supplies forced them to retreat, while defeats at Brihuega in November and Villaviciosa in December effectively ended hopes of deposing Philip V of Spain. Saragossa placed Starhemberg among the capable commanders from his time.