What the records say
- When
- 25 Jul 1810 – 27 Aug 1810
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 40.73° N, 6.91° W
- Description
- 1810 siege during the Peninsular War
Siege of Almeida (1810)
1810 siege during the Peninsular War
In the siege of Almeida, Portugal, the French corps of Marshal Michel Ney captured the border fortress from Brigadier General William Cox's Portuguese garrison. This action was fought in the summer of 1810 during the Peninsular War portion of the Napoleonic Wars. Almeida is located in eastern Portugal, near the border with Spain.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “siège et prise d'Almeida au Portugal par les Français”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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