Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1810)

Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo
Part of Peninsular War
Torre del Homenaje del Castillo de Enrique II from the Plaza del Castillo, with a 1507 barrier in the foreground
Date 26 April – 10 July 1810 Location Ciudad Rodrigo, Castile and León, Spain 40°36′00″N 6°32′00″W / 40.6000°N 6.5333°W / 40.6000; -6.5333 Result French victory[1]
Belligerents
French Empire	Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Michel Ney	Don Andrés Perez de Herrasti
Strength
28,000[1]	5,500[1]
Casualties and losses
1,500[1]	5,500[1]

Peninsular war: Third French invasion

200km
125miles

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Sabugal

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Lisbon

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Bussaco

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Almeida

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Ciudad Rodrigo

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Astorga

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  current battle

In the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, in Salamanca, Spain, the French Marshal Michel Ney took the fortified city from Field Marshal Andrés Pérez de Herrasti^[2] on 10 July 1810 after a siege that began on 26 April. Ney's VI Corps made up part of a 65,000-strong army commanded by André Masséna, who was bent on a third French invasion of Portugal.