The Capture of Minorca saw the island of Menorca captured from Spain by British and 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.

On 14 September 1708 an Anglo-Dutch naval force under the command of General James Stanhope landed on the island of Menorca and laid siege to the town of Mahón.

Sir Edward Whitaker, with his Admiral's flag in HMS Northumberland, went to join Sir John Leake in the Mediterranean where he assisted in the capture of Menorca taking Fornells and Ciutadella de Menorca.

The British occupied the island on and off until 1802 when it was finally handed back to Spain as part of the Amiens Treaty.

During that time Menorca became an important part of Britain's security architecture in the Mediterranean Sea with a major naval base.