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
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
Portrait of Thomas Graham.
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
Siege of Cádiz
…A second relief attempt was made at Tarifa in 1811. However, despite defeating a detached French force of 15,000–20,000 under Marshal Victor at the Battle of Barrosa, the siege was not lifted. In 1812, the Battle of Salamanca eventually forced the French troops to retreat from Andalusia, for fear of being cut off…
Battle of Chiclana, 5 March 1811
General Dilkes's brigade advances (from Illustrated Battles of the Nineteenth Century, 1895)