Siege of Cattaro

Siege of Cattaro
Part of the Adriatic Campaign of the Napoleonic Wars

View of Cattaro (present-day Kotor) from the castle of St. John
Date14 October 1813 – 3 January 1814
Location
Result Anglo-Montenegrin victory[1]
Belligerents
United Kingdom
Montenegro
Sicily
France
Commanders and leaders
William Hoste
Petar I
Jean Gauthier
Strength
800
1 frigate
1 brig
3 gunboats
600[2]
Casualties and losses
20 killed and wounded 600 captured

The siege of Cattaro was fought between a British Royal Naval detachment and Montenegrin forces under Captain William Hoste, John Harper and Petar I Petrović-Njegoš respectively and the French garrison under command of Jean-Joseph Gauthier of the mountain fortress of Cattaro (now Kotor, Montenegro). The siege lasted from 14 October 1813 to 3 January 1814 during the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars when the French surrendered.[1] The engagement was fought in the Adriatic Sea for possession of the important fortress of Cattaro.

  1. ^ a b Jacques p. 213
  2. ^ "Marshall" pp. 478–79