Siege of Badajoz

When

16 Mar 1812 – 6 Apr 1812

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

38.88° N, 6.97° W

Description

1812 battle during the Peninsular War

Part of the Peninsular War

In the siege of Badajoz, also called the third siege of Badajoz, an Anglo-Portuguese Army under the command of the Arthur Wellesley, the Earl of Wellington besieged Badajoz, Spain, and forced the surrender of the French garrison.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Siege of Badajoz (Peninsular War): The Anglo-Portuguese Army, under the Earl of Wellington, besieges Badajoz”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Napoleonischen Kriege auf der Iberischen Halbinsel führen zur Belagerung von Badajoz”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire anglo-portugaise au siège de Badajoz”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en España, el ejército angloportugués asedia a los franceses en la Batalla de Badajoz”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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