Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1810)
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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.
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Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo | |||||||
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Part of Peninsular War | |||||||
Torre del Homenaje del Castillo de Enrique II from the Plaza del Castillo, with a 1507 barrier in the foreground | |||||||
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French Empire | Kingdom of Spain | ||||||
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Michel Ney | Don Andrés Perez de Herrasti | ||||||
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28,000[1] | 5,500[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,500[1] | 5,500[1] |
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Peninsular war: Third French invasion