Siege of Roses (1808)
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title:
Siege of Roses (1808)
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The siege of Roses or siege of Rosas from 7 November to 5 December 1808 saw an Imperial French corps led by Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr invest a Catalan and Spanish garrison commanded by Peter O'Daly. After a siege lasting a month in which the haven and town of Roses was captured and the nearby Trinity Castle invested by over 13,000 French and Italian infantry, artillery and cavalry with heavy siege trains on the hills above, the citadel was surrendered to the Napoleonic forces. Roses (Rosas) is l
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1808 siege during the Peninsular War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Roses_(1808)
date created:
2012-06-09T02:15:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T17:43:04Z
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