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The siege of Pamplona (French: siège de Pampelune, Spanish: asedio de Pamplona) took place in 1823 during the French invasion of Spain. The city of Pamplona in Navarre was besieged by the French Army and successfully taken. It was one of the more notable actions of the campaign along with the Battle of Trocadero.
The following day, Victor Alten's British cavalry brigade appeared before Pamplona, followed by the infantry of the Anglo-Portuguese Light Division. [2] One authority stated that the blockade around Pamplona was set up on 25 June. [3] A second source asserted that 26 June was the date that Pamplona was invested. [4]
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The Battle of Pampluna or Battle of Pamplona was a battle on 20 May 1521 between Spanish and Navarrese troops, who had the support of the French, in which the Fortress of Pamplona was conquered by the Navarrese and French. This battle coincided with an uprising by a part of the Navarrese population, and the swift reconquest of all of Navarre ...
Two major fortresses in Spain remained in French hands, San Sebastián and Pamplona. Wellington began the Siege of San Sebastián, employing his siege train to reduce it. The Siege of Pamplona was simultaneously carried out by Spanish troops, but without siege guns, they had to starve out the French garrison. [4]
Siege of Pamplona may refer to: Battle of Pampeluna (1521), a battle and siege in which Ignatius of Loyola was wounded; Siege of Pamplona (1794), an operation during the War of the Pyrenees. The French besieged the city without being able to take it. Siege of Pamplona (1813), an operation during the Peninsular War
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The Battle of the Pyrenees was a large-scale offensive (the author David Chandler recognises the 'battle' as an offensive [6]) launched on 25 July 1813 by Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult from the Pyrénées region on Emperor Napoleon's order, in the hope of relieving French garrisons under siege at Pamplona and San Sebastián.