Siege of Tortosa

1810 CE.

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The siege of Tortosa (16 December 1810 – 2 January 1811) 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 progressed swiftly and Alacha surrendered on 2 January 1811. The action took place during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars.

Text from the Wikipedia article Siege of Tortosa (1810–1811), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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