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First siege of Zaragoza | |||||||
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Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
![]() Assault on the walls of Saragossa, by January Suchodolski | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
9,500[2]-15,500[1] | 13,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,500 killed, wounded or captured[1][3] | 3,000-5,000 killed, wounded or captured[1][3] |
The 1808 siege of Zaragoza (also called Saragossa) was a bloody struggle in the Peninsular War. 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]