bataille d'Almanza; Almanza; near Albacete, Castilla La Mancha; Franco-Spanish victory under James Fitzjames, 1st Duke of Berwick (1670-1734) Marshal of France; the Bourbon army composed of French, Spanish troops and an Irish regiment defeated the allied forces of Portugal, Britain and the United Provinces; consolidation of the Spanish throne for Philip V (1683-1746);