Qualla: Battle of Almansa https://qualla.com/battle-of-almansa en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:17 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/z/j/battle-of-almansa-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Almansa https://qualla.com/battle-of-almansa Battle of Almansa: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-almansa/ Photo credit Jordi picart, CC BY-SA 4.0. It may be the most absurd command arrangement in military history. On April 25, 1707, outside the town of Almansa in eastern Spain, the French and Spanish army was commanded by the Duke of Berwick -- an Englishman, the illegitimate son of King James II of England. Facing him, the Allied forces of England, Holland, and Portugal were led by Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway -- a Frenchman, an exiled Huguenot fighting against his homeland. The result was, as Frederick the Great later observed, the most impressive battle of the century, and a Valencian proverb born that day still carries its sting: Quan el mal ve d'Almansa, a tots alcança -- Bad news from Almansa reaches everybody.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/z/j/battle-of-almansa-wp/eyzj-battle-of-almansa-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Almansa: A War of Succession, A War of Logistics https://qualla.com/battle-of-almansa/ Photo credit Emazab from Alentorn, Països Catalans, CC BY 2.0. The War of the Spanish Succession was, at its heart, a family quarrel fought across a continent. When Charles II of Spain died without an heir in 1700, the Bourbon Philip V and the Habsburg Archduke Charles of Austria both claimed the throne. The resulting war drew in every major...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/z/j/battle-of-almansa-wp/eyzj-battle-of-almansa-a-war-of-succession-a-war-of-logistics.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Almansa: Berwick's Trap https://qualla.com/battle-of-almansa/ Photo credit Joanbanjo, Public domain. To counter an Allied offensive planned for 1707, France dispatched James FitzJames, Duke of Berwick, to command Bourbon forces in northeastern Spain -- a mixed force of 33,000 French and Spanish troops, along with exiled Irish regiments who had followed the Jacobite cause across ...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/z/j/battle-of-almansa-wp/eyzj-battle-of-almansa-berwicks-trap.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Almansa: The Gap in the Line https://qualla.com/battle-of-almansa/ Photo credit Emazab from Alentorn, Països Catalans, CC BY 2.0. Despite being clearly outnumbered, Galway attacked on the afternoon of April 25 after a brief artillery exchange. His infantry initially drove back the Bourbon center, but a fatal gap opened between the advancing foot soldiers and the Portuguese cavalry on the right wing, command...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/z/j/battle-of-almansa-wp/eyzj-battle-of-almansa-the-gap-in-the-line.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Almansa: The Portrait Hangs Upside Down https://qualla.com/battle-of-almansa/ Photo credit Jove, CC BY-SA 4.0. Almansa has been called the single most important battle fought in Spain during the war. Victory confirmed Philip's control of northeastern Spain and Valencia, and by the end of 1707, the Allies were restricted to Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. The Franco-Spanish army quickl...

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