Battle of Barrosa
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The Battle of Barrosa was part of an unsuccessful manoeuvre by an Anglo-Iberian force to break the French siege of Cádiz during the Peninsular War. During the battle, a single British division defeate
Battle of Chiclana, 5 March 1811
Portrait of Thomas Graham
General Dilkes's brigade advances (from Illustrated Battles of the Nineteenth Century, 1895)
Siege of Cádiz
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The French army besieged the large Spanish naval base of Cádiz from 5 February 1810 to 24 August 1812 during the Peninsular War. Following the occupation of Seville, Cádiz became the Spanish seat of p
Battle of Barrosa
…also known as the Battle of Chiclana or Battle of Cerro del Puerco) was part of an unsuccessful manoeuvre by an Anglo-Iberian force to break the French siege of Cádiz during the Peninsular War. During the battle, a single British division defeated two French divisions and captured a regimental eagle. Cádiz had been…
1847 lithograph of the French bombarding Cádiz in 1810
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Portrait of General Manuel Lapeña, commander of the Coalition forces that attempted to relieve the siege