Siege of Tarragona (1811)

Siege of Tarragona (1811)
Part of Peninsular War
A view of Tarragona
Date 5 May – 29 June 1811[1] Location Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain 41°06′56″N 1°14′58″E / 41.1156°N 1.2494°E / 41.1156; 1.2494 Result Franco-Italian victory[1]
Belligerents
French Empire Kingdom of Italy	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Louis Suchet	Juan de Contreras
Strength
18,000[1]	18,000[1]
Casualties and losses
4,300[1]	18,000[1]

Peninsular war: Aragón Catalonia

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In the siege of Tarragona, Catalonia, from 5 May to 29 June 1811, Louis Gabriel Suchet's French Army of Aragon laid siege to a Spanish garrison led by Lieutenant General Juan Senen de Contreras. A British naval squadron commanded by Admiral Edward Codrington harassed the French besiegers with cannon fire and transported large numbers of reinforcements into the city by sea. Nevertheless, Suchet's troops stormed into the defenses and killed or captured almost all the defenders. The action took place at the port of Tarragona, Catalonia, on the east coast of Spain during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars.^[2]