Siege of Mequinenza
| Siege of Mequinenza | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Peninsular War | |||||||
Mequinenza Castle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| First French Empire | Kingdom of Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Louis Gabriel Suchet | Colonel Carbon | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| III Corps | Army of Aragon | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6,000 | 1,800 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 100 | 1,800 | ||||||
Peninsular War: Aragón Catalonia
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The siege of Mequinenza (15 May to 8 June 1810) saw a 16,000-man Imperial French corps commanded by Louis Gabriel Suchet invest a 1,000-strong Spanish garrison under Colonel Carbon. Mequinenza and its castle were captured by the French after an operation lasting about three weeks. The action occurred during the Peninsular War, which formed part of the Napoleonic Wars. Mequinenza is located at the confluence of the Ebro and Segre Rivers about 211 kilometres (131 mi) west of Barcelona.