Siege of Tarragona (1811)
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title:
Siege of Tarragona (1811)
text:
In the siege of Tarragona, Catalonia, from 5 May to 29 June 1811, Louis Gabriel Suchet's French Army of Aragon laid siege to a Spanish garrison led by Lieutenant General Juan Senen de Contreras. A British naval squadron commanded by Admiral Edward Codrington harassed the French besiegers with cannon fire and transported large numbers of reinforcements into the city by sea. Nevertheless, Suchet's troops stormed into the defenses and killed or captured almost all the defenders. The action took pla
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1811 siege during the Peninsular War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tarragona_(1811)
date created:
2011-03-20T04:41:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T14:50:26Z
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