Siege Of Zaragoza (other)
Siege of Saragossa may refer to: *Siege of Saragossa (1808), in which the city's inhabitants resisted the French during the Peninsular War * Siege of Saragossa (1809), in which the city fell to the French See also *Battle of Saragossa The Battle of Saragossa, also known as the Battle of Zaragoza, took place on 20 August 1710 during the War of the Spanish Succession. A Spanish Bourbon army loyal to Philip V of Spain and commanded by the Marquis de Bay was defeated by a Gr ...

Siege Of Saragossa (1808)
The first siege of Zaragoza (also called ''Saragossa'') was a bloody struggle in the Peninsular War (1807–1814). A France, French army under General Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes, 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. Background The Peninsular War#Conventional warfare, Spanish conventional warfare had started with the Battles of El Bruch. Napoleon at first thought that they were a series of isolated uprisings and despatched a number of small columns to quell them. In North Eastern Spain Marshall Bessières assigned General Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes, Lefebvre-Desnouettes to quell the revolt in Aragon. Eventually his column included 5,000 infantry, 1,000 cavalry and two artillery batteries. Lefebvre quickly discovered, however, that the revolt was much more widespread than had been believed. The Spanish side was led by General J ...
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