Siege of Lérida
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In the siege of Lérida from 29 April to 13 May 1810, an Imperial French army under General Suchet besieged a Spanish garrison led by Major General García Conde. On 13 May, García Conde surrendered wit
Siege of Lérida, 14 May 1810 by Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond, 1836
Jean Isidore Harispe
Louis-Gabriel Suchet
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Louis-Gabriel Suchet, duc d'Albuféra, was a French Marshal of the Empire and one of the most successful commanders of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. During the Peninsular War, he was re
Siege of Lérida
…In the siege of Lérida from 29 April to 13 May 1810, an Imperial French army under General Suchet besieged a Spanish garrison led by Major General García Conde. On 13 May, García Conde surrendered with his 7,000 surviving soldiers. Lleida (Lérida…
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin
Suchet as a lieutenant-colonel of the 4th Ardèche Battalion in 1792, by Vincent-Nicolas Raverat (1834)
Heraldic achievement of Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Duke of Albuféra
Suchet receiving the surrender of Tortosa on 2 January 1811 (detail), by Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond (c. 1836)