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sent 4,000 troops through narrow mountain passes, threatening to flank Traun's position. When Traun learned of this, he ordered a precipitous retreat to Capua, abandoning armaments and camp equipment along the way. The
Spanish then proceeded southward toward Naples, bypassing Capua, and entered the city on 10 May after securing the surrender of its fortresses. About 6,000 troops were stationed to blockade Capua cutting off its communications and access to the land for provisions.
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disagreed on how to best defend Naples. Caraffa wanted to minimally garrison the country's fortresses and concentrate
Austrian forces into a single army that could either avoid or force confrontation with the Spanish, while Traun, whose opinion prevailed, wanted to strongly garrison the fortresses
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While the
Austrians had intended to provision the fort sufficient to keep a garrison of 5,000 for five months, the supplies present in April were only sufficient to keep the garrison for two months. Traun organized a corps of volunteers that engaged in foraging operations during the months of the
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where it had been assembled, and reached the northern border of Naples on 28 March 1734. Traun had taken most of the Capua garrison, and constructed a fortified line at
Mignano, at which he expected conflict with the Spanish forces. However, on 30 March, the Spanish, aided by sympathetic locals,
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The siege continued into
November, and conditions in the blockaded city became progressively more severe. On 20 November Traun and the Spanish command reached an agreement that Traun would capitulate if relief had not arrived by 30 November. On that day, the Austrian garrison, reduced to about
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Traun may also have benefited from a long-standing friendship with Count
Marsillac, the commander of the besieging forces. The two had fought together in previous campaigns, and even shared the same tent on occasion.
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blockade. Their forays were successful enough that in mid-July the
Austrians still had one month's supplies. His prospects for relief, however, were dampened by news that Marshal Mercy had died in the
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The fortress of Capua was a substantial construction, although it had not been maintained well in the years immediately preceding this conflict. It had numerous weaknesses, the principle of which were:
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against the
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in May, Spanish forces turned to besiege the three remaining Austrian outposts: Pescara, Gaeta, and Capua. Pescara was the first to surrender, on 29 July, with
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military and political leaders began planning the defense of Naples against the expected invasion. Hampered by a lack of resources, Marshal
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5,000 men, marched out with the full honors of war, including two field pieces, and boarded Spanish ships to be transported to
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364:were planning operations against the kingdoms of
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732:Conflicts in 1734
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453:at Bitonto
344:Background
271:San Pietro
16:1734 siege
488:grenadier
286:Guastalla
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564:, p. 424
467:Defenses
380:and the
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338:garrison
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164:Strength
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356:allies
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266:Colorno
251:Bitonto
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461:Sicily
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394:Gaeta
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