Siege of Valencia (1812)
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title:
Siege of Valencia (1812)
text:
The siege of Valencia from 3 November 1811 to 9 January 1812, saw Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet's French Army of Aragon besiege Captain General Joaquín Blake y Joyes's forces in the city of Valencia, Spain, during the Peninsular War. The 20,000 to 30,000 French troops compelled 16,000 Spanish soldiers to surrender at the conclusion of the siege, although another 7,000 Spaniards escaped from the trap. Suchet quickly converted Valencia into an important base of operations after this Napoleonic Wars
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1812 siege during the Peninsular War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Valencia_(1812)
date created:
2011-02-23T05:11:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T18:18:28Z
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