What the records say
- When
- 6 May 1809 – 11 Dec 1809
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 41.98° N, 2.82° E
- Description
- 1809 siege during the Peninsular War
Third siege of Girona (Peninsular War)
1809 Siege during the Peninsular War
The third siege of Girona occurred in northern Catalonia, Spain from 6 May to 12 December 1809, during the Napoleonic Wars. A significant event of the Peninsular War, France's Grande Armée lay siege to the town of Girona for seven months. Girona was strategically important because it controlled the main road between France and Spain.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début du siège de Gérone”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page