1734 siege
The siege of Gaeta was a siege during the War of Polish Succession fought at Gaeta , Italy. The Habsburgs at Gaeta withstood four months of siege from the Bourbon armies under the Duke of Parma (the future Charles III of Spain).
They were defeated on 6 August 1734 when the Spanish and French stormed the city. Twenty-seven years earlier, Austrian troops under Count Wirich Philipp von Daun had laid siege to Gaeta during the War of the Spanish Succession .
The Jacobite pretender Charles Edward Stuart was present for a time as an observer, his first exposure to war.[ 1]
References
^ Johnston, Arran (2010). Valour does not wait. The rise and fall of Charles Edward Stuart . Prestonpans: Prestoungrange University Press. p. 28-29. ISBN 978-0850111248
