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The siege of Roses of 1808

Roses, Alt Empordà, Girona

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The siege of Roses of 1808

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The Siege of Roses of 1808 was an episode of the Peninsular War in which the fortified town, defended by the Spanish army and supported by sea by the British navy, resisted the Napoleonic advance before falling. General Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr laid siege to its fortifications on 7 November 1808, and the stronghold, defended by miquelets and volunteers in the citadel and the Trinitat castle, capitulated twenty-nine days later, on 5 December. Roses remained in French hands until the withdrawal of Napoleonic troops from Spain in 1814; before leaving, the French blew up the Trinitat castle and the walls of the old town, known as the Ciutadella de Roses.

7 de noviembre - 5 de diciembre de 1808

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