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First siege of Zaragoza
Part of the Peninsular War
Assault on the walls of Saragossa, by January Suchodolski
The first siege of Zaragoza (also called Saragossa) was a bloody struggle in the Peninsular War (1807–1814). A French army under General Lefebvre-Desnouettes and subsequently commanded by General Jean-Antoine Verdier besieged, repeatedly stormed, and was repulsed from the Spanish city of Zaragoza in the summer of 1808.[4]
^ abcdeBodart 1908, p. 389.
^Esdaile 2006, p. 871.
^ abEsdaile 2006, p. 872.
^Esdaile 2003, pp. 67–84.
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