First Siege of Zaragoza

When

15 Jun 1808 – 14 Aug 1808

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

41.65° N, 0.88° W

Description

1808 Siege during the Peninsular War

1808 siege of the Peninsular War

The siege of Zaragoza was a bloody struggle in the Peninsular War. A French army under General Lefebvre-Desnouettes and subsequently commanded by General Jean-Antoine Verdier besieged, repeatedly stormed, and was repulsed from the Spanish city of Zaragoza in the summer of 1808.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Peninsular War: First siege of Zaragoza – Spanish resist the French”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Napoleonische Truppen belagern erstmals Saragossa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début du premier siège de Saragosse (fin le 12 août)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Inicia el Primer Sitio de Zaragoza”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Peninsular War2 May 1808 · War of independence