. . "Bourbon Spain" . "Grand Alliance victory. Minorca awarded to Britain by treaty in 1713" . . "Capture of Minorca"@en . . . "1708-09-21Z"^^ . . . "The Capture of Minorca saw the island of Minorca captured from Spain by British-Dutch forces acting on behalf of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor the Austrian claimant to the Spanish throne in September 1708 during the War of the Spanish Succession. The British would later annex the island as their own possession at the Treaty of Utrecht (1713)."@en .