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
Date26 April – 10 July 1810
Location40°36′00″N 6°32′00″W / 40.6000°N 6.5333°W / 40.6000; -6.5333
Result French victory[1]
Belligerents
France French Empire Spain Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
France Michel Ney Spain 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
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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.

  1. ^ a b c d e Bodart 1908, p. 418.
  2. ^ Mas 2021.