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Peninsular War (1808-1814). Second siege of Gerona (24 July to 16 August 1808). In their first attempt to take the city, Duhesme's troops finally had to retreat, attacked by a Spanish army that came to the city's rescue and by a column of the besieged, who made a sortie. In the second siege, the French, commanded by General Honoré Charles Reille (1775-1860), planned a new attack but failed to take the city. The Napoleonic troops led by Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, were defeated. Sortie of the garrison of Gerona. Chromolithography. El Grito de Independencia (The scream for independence), by Carlos Mendoza. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

Peninsular War (1808-1814). Second siege of Gerona (24 July to 16 August 1808). In their first attempt to take the city, Duhesme's troops finally had to retreat, attacked by a Spanish army that came to the city's rescue and by a column of the besieged, who made a sortie. In the second siege, the French, commanded by General Honoré Charles Reille (1775-1860), planned a new attack but failed to take the city. The Napoleonic troops led by Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, were defeated. Sortie of the garrison of Gerona. Chromolithography. El Grito de Independencia (The scream for independence), by Carlos Mendoza. Published in Barcelona, 1890.
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Peninsular War (1808-1814). Second siege of Gerona (24 July to 16 August 1808). In their first attempt to take the city, Duhesme's troops finally had to retreat, attacked by a Spanish army that came to the city's rescue and by a column of the besieged, who made a sortie. In the second siege, the French, commanded by General Honoré Charles Reille (1775-1860), planned a new attack but failed to take the city. The Napoleonic troops led by Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, were defeated. Sortie of the garrison of Gerona. Chromolithography. El Grito de Independencia (The scream for independence), by Carlos Mendoza. Published in Barcelona, 1890.
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4724 x 3433 px | 46.4 MB
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40.0 x 29.1 cm | 15.7 x 11.4 in (300 dpi)
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1809 • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ARMY, SPANISH • ARMY: SOLDIER • ASSAULT • ATTACK • ATTACKING • BATTLE • BATTLEFIELD • BATTLEGROUND • BESIEGE • BETROTHAL • BODIES • BODY • CADAVER • CATALAN • CATALONIA • CHROMOLITHOGRAPH • CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY • CITY • COMBAT • COMBATTIMENTO • CONFRONTATION • CORPS • CORPSE • CORPSES • DATING • DEAD BODY • DEAD • DEFENCE • DEFEND • DEFENSE • DISPUTE • DUHESME • ENGAGEMENT • EUROPA • EUROPE • EXIT • FIGHT • FIGHTING • FIRING • FRENCH INVASION • FRENCH WAR • GARNISH • GARRISON OF GERONA • GARRISON OF GIRONA • GARRISON • GERONA SIEGE • GERONA • GIRONA SITE • GIRONA • GO OUT • GOING OUT (FOR THE EVENING) • GUERRA • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HISTORY. • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • HURT • IBERIAN PENINSULA • INJURED • LEAVE • NAPOLEONIC INVASION • NAPOLEONIC WAR • NAPOLEONIC WARS • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OBLIGATION • ORGANS • PEACE, NAPOLEONIC WARS • PENINSULAR WAR • PEOPLE'S ARMY SOLDIER • PRIVATE COLLECTION • REILLE • REPEL • REPELLING • RESIST • RESISTING • SALLY (MILITARY) • SCENE • SCUFFLE • SECOND SIEGE OF GERONA • SECOND SIEGE OF GIRONA • SHOOT • SHOOTING • SHOT • SIEGE OF GERONA • SIEGE OF GIRONA • SIEGE • SITE • SOLDIER • SOLDIERS • SOLIDER • SORTIE • SPAIN • SPANISH ARMY • SPANISH SOLDIERS • SPANISH TROOPS • SPANISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE • SPANISH • STAGE • STORMING • STRUGGLE • THEATER • THEATRE • TROOPS • UNWILLING • URBE • VILLAGE • WAR WOUNDED • WAR • WARFARE • WARRIOR • WARRIORS • WARS • WOUNDED IN WAR • WOUNDED • XIX CENTURY • XIX