Austrian campaign in Sicily

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The Austrian campaign in Sicily was a 1718–1719 military operation in which Habsburg forces invaded and fought to wrest control of Sicily from Spanish rule during the War of the Quadruple Alliance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf invasion
military campaign
belligerent Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED
Spain
conflictBetween Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED
Spain
conflictType European great-power conflict
endTime 1719
goal to wrest control of Sicily from Spanish rule
hasCause Habsburg interest in consolidating power in Italy
Spanish attempt to recover Italian possessions lost after the War of the Spanish Succession
historicalPeriod post–War of the Spanish Succession settlement in Europe
involves armed forces of the Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg army

Spanish Army
surface form: Spanish army
location Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED
Sicily
militaryOperationScope land campaign
regional campaign in southern Italy
opposedBy Spanish monarchy
surface form: Spanish Bourbon monarchy
opposedObjective Spanish attempt to reassert dominance in the central Mediterranean
partOf Habsburg–Spanish conflicts in Italy
War of the Quadruple Alliance
precededBy Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717
surface form: Spanish invasion of Sardinia (1717)
relatedTo Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg rule in Italy

Treaty of Utrecht
result Austrian invasion repelled
Spanish forces retained control of Sicily during the campaign
startTime 1718
temporalContext early 18th century
theaterOfWar War of the Quadruple Alliance
surface form: Mediterranean theater of the War of the Quadruple Alliance

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War of the Quadruple Alliance significantEvent Austrian campaign in Sicily