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Siege of Tarragona | |||||||
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Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
British-Spanish forces mounting an assault on Tarragona, June 1813 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Empire Kingdom of Italy |
United Kingdom, Spain, Kingdom of Sicily | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Antoine Bertoletti Louis-Gabriel Suchet Maurice Mathieu |
John Murray Benjamin Hallowell Francisco Copons | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Garrison: 1,600 Relief: 14,000 | 23,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
98 dead or wounded |
102 dead or wounded, 18 siege cannons |
In the siege of Tarragona (3–11 June 1813), an overwhelming Anglo-Allied force commanded by Lieutenant General John Murray, 8th Baronet, failed to capture the Spanish port of Tarragona from a small Franco-Italian garrison led by General of Brigade Antoine Marc Augustin Bertoletti. Murray was subsequently removed from command for his indecisive and contradictory leadership.