Issue 32. The siege of Saragossa took place during the Napoleonic Wars in the Iberian Peninsula. A French army laid siege to the city, attempted to storm it several times and finally had to lift the siege on 13 August 1808. Contents: The Anglo-French war in the Pyrenees Peninsula and the liberation struggle of the Spanish people in 1808/09; The landing of the English in Portugal; The first siege of Saragossa (15 June - 14 August 1808). August 1808); José de Palafox y Melci, Duke of Saragossa; Agustina de Aragón (Agustina Raimunda Maria Saragossa Doménech); Spain after the failed French attack on Saragossa (August 1808 - February 1809); The second siege of Saragossa (19. December 1808 - 21 February 1809); Report by Lieutenant v. Brandt of the Weichsellegion on the bloody fighting around and in Saragossa.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Bauer, F.
Title
Saragossa 1808-1809
Details
Paperback, very many mostly coloured ill., 4 coloured maps. 48 pp.
