During the War of the Spanish Succession, the city of Girona was besieged by French troops allied with Bourbon Spain from 15 December 1710 until 25 January 1711, when its Habsburg defenders surrendered.

[1][2] The attacking Franco-Spanish army numbered some 19,000 and was commanded by Duke Adrien Maurice de Noailles.

Fort Rouge was undermined and abandoned, but flooding made the French artillery positions untenable for a time.

[1] Two Latin poems in praise of Noailles were written in response to the taking of Girona.

In his poem De Gerunda ab illustrissimo Duce Noallio expugnata ("The Storming of Girona by the Most Illustrious Duke of Noailles"), Thomas Maria des Antons singles out for praise the duke's tactical decision to strike in winter.