Count of Caldagues

Raimundo Caldagues (Count)
Bornc. 1752
Auvergne, France
Diedc. 1824
Allegiance Kingdom of France
 Kingdom of Spain
Service/branch French Army
 Spanish Army
RankLieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant General
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars

Napoleonic Wars

AwardsOrder of Saint Louis

Raimundo Caldagues y Remond, Count of Caldagues[note 1] (c. 1752 – c. 1824) was a French military commander of the Spanish army who distinguished himself leading the relief force at the second siege of Girona (16 August 1808).[1][2] He was promoted to field marshal the following day.[3]

Charles Oman, in his A History of the Peninsular War, Volume 2 (1902), wrote that the capture of Caldagues, following the Battle of Molins de Rei (December 1808) was a "great misfortune" for the Army of Catalonia, as Caldagues was "the one first-rate officer in their ranks".[2]


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  1. ^ Napier, William Francis Patrick (1842). History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814, vol. 1, pp. 53-6, 304-305. Carey and Hart. Google Books. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b Oman, Charles (1903). A History of the Peninsular War, Volume 2, pp. 38-9, 68-9, 71. Clarendon Press. Google Books. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference martin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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