The third siege of Girona occurred in northern Catalonia, Spain from 6 May to 12 December 1809, during the Napoleonic Wars. A significant event of the Peninsular War, France's Grande Armée lay siege t
The Great Day of Girona by Ramón Martí Alsina (1864). The painting depicts the defeat of the French, seen retreating down the hill to the right, at the end of the battle on 19 September 1809.
General Mariano Álvarez de Castro
Veterans of the 1808-1809 sieges of Girona. Photograph dated 5 November 1864.
Independence Square, Girona
Siege of Tortosa (1810–1811)
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The siege of Tortosa pitted an Imperial French army under General Louis Gabriel Suchet against the Spanish defenders of Tortosa led by General Miguel de Lili Idiáquez, Conde de Alacha. The siege progr
General of division Suchet, commanding the 3rd corps of the Army of Spain, receives the capitulation of the city of Tortosa, 2 January 1811 Oil painting by Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond, 1837
