What the records say
- When
- 14 Jan 1814 – 4 May 1814
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 51.22° N, 4.40° E
- Description
- 1814 siege
Siege of Antwerp (1814)
Battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition
The siege of Antwerp took place from 14 January 1814 to 4 May 1814, during the War of the Sixth Coalition. Led by Governor Lazare Carnot, Antwerp, then a French city, resisted an Allied siege until Napoleon's abdication and the signing of an armistice.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Carnot, nommé gouverneur par Napoléon, arrive à Anvers alors en état de siège”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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