Third Siege of Gerona
The Third Siege of Gerona refers to the French Grande Armée's seven-month siege of Girona, from 6 May to 12 December 1809, a significant event in the Peninsular War. Some 18,000 French and Westphalian troops, commanded by General Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr during much of the siege, before Marshal Pierre Augereau took command on 12 October besieged the town, which held out under General Mariano Alvarez de Castro, in command of some 5,600 regular troops and militiamen, until disease and famine compelled it to capitulate on 12 December.
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Third Siege of Gerona
The Third Siege of Gerona refers to the French Grande Armée's seven-month siege of Girona, from 6 May to 12 December 1809, a significant event in the Peninsular War. Some 18,000 French and Westphalian troops, commanded by General Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr during much of the siege, before Marshal Pierre Augereau took command on 12 October besieged the town, which held out under General Mariano Alvarez de Castro, in command of some 5,600 regular troops and militiamen, until disease and famine compelled it to capitulate on 12 December.
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Die Belagerung von Gerona von ...... stung zur Übergabe zu zwingen.
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El sitio de Gerona, ocurrido e ...... capitular, el 12 de diciembre.
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Il terzo assedio di Girona fu ...... o a capitolare il 12 dicembre.
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Le siège de Gérone souvent app ...... capituler le 12 décembre 1809.
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Oblężenie Gerony – oblężenie r ...... gielskich) otruty w 1810 roku.
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The Third Siege of Gerona refe ...... to capitulate on 12 December.
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14,000 dead, wounded, or ill
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French Empire
Kingdom of Westphalia
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1809-12-12
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*Its defense inspires resistance elsewhere in the Peninsula.
*The city capitulates,
French victory,
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35,000 regulars
5,600 regulars and militia
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The Great Day of Girona by Ramón Martí Alsina.
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Die Belagerung von Gerona von ...... stung zur Übergabe zu zwingen.
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El sitio de Gerona, ocurrido e ...... capitular, el 12 de diciembre.
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Il terzo assedio di Girona fu ...... uerra d'indipendenza spagnola.
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Le siège de Gérone souvent app ...... capituler le 12 décembre 1809.
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Oblężenie Gerony – oblężenie r ...... tulacji 12 grudnia tegoż roku.
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The Third Siege of Gerona refe ...... to capitulate on 12 December.
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Assedio di Girona
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Belagerung von Gerona (1809)
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Oblężenie Gerony (1809)
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Sitio de Gerona (1809)
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Siège de Gérone (1809)
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Third Siege of Gerona
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Siege of Gerona
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