Invasion of Minorca (1781)

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Conquest of Menorca and Siege of Fort St. Philip (1781)
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Print of the siege from 1781
Date 19 August 1781 – 5 February 1782 Location Menorca, Mediterranean Sea Result Franco-Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain  France	Great Britain  Hanover
Commanders and leaders
Duke of Crillon	James Murray
Strength
14,000	3,000
Casualties and losses
564 184 killed 380 wounded	2,540 59 killed (excluding disease) 149 wounded 2,481 captured

The Franco-Spanish reconquest of Menorca (historically called "Minorca" in English) from the British in February 1782, after the siege of Fort St. Philip lasting over five months, was an important step in the achievement of Spain's aims in its alliance with France against Britain during the American Revolutionary War. The ultimate result was the devolution of the island to Spain in the Treaty of Paris in 1783.