Siege of Tortosa (1810–1811)

Siege of Tortosa (1810)
Part of Peninsular War
A view of Tortosa
Date 19 December 1810 – 2 January 1811[1] Location Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain 40°48′41″N 0°31′10″E / 40.8114°N 0.5194°E / 40.8114; 0.5194 Result French victory[1]
Belligerents
First French Empire	Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Louis Gabriel Suchet	Conde de Alacha
Strength
12,000[1]	11,000[1]
Casualties and losses
1,000[1]	11,000[1]

The siege of Tortosa (16 December 1810 – 2 January 1811) pitted an Imperial French army under General Louis Gabriel Suchet against the Spanish defenders of Tortosa led by General Lilli, Conde de Alacha. The siege progressed swiftly and Alacha surrendered on 2 January 1811. Tortosa is a city that lies on the Ebro River about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Tarragona. The action took place during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars.^[2]

Colonel Rouelle was employed at the siege of Tortosa, where he defeated two sorties by the besieged on the December 24 and December 28, 1810. These two feats were mentioned in dispatches.

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• Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
• Esdaile, Charles J. (2003). The Peninsular War. Palgrave MacMillan. Retrieved 24 May 2021.