Siege of Burgos

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The Siege of Burgos was a 1812 Peninsular War campaign in which British and allied forces under the Duke of Wellington unsuccessfully attempted to capture the French-held fortress of Burgos in northern Spain.

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Siege of Burgos canonical 1
Siege of the fortress of Burgos 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Peninsular War
military siege
alsoKnownAs Siege of Burgos
surface form: Siege of the fortress of Burgos
attacker Anglo-Portuguese Army
Spanish forces
belligerent First French Empire
Kingdom of Spain
Portuguese Army
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
campaign Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign
surface form: Wellington’s 1812 campaign in northern Spain
causeOf strategic Allied withdrawal from central Spain in late 1812
combatantCommander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Jean-Louis Dubreton NERFINISHED
commanderOfAttackers Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
conflict Peninsular War
countryInvolved France
Portugal
Spain
United Kingdom
defender French garrison of Burgos
endDate 1812-10-21
followedBy Allied retreat to Portugal in 1812
fortificationType hilltop fortress
fortress Castle of Burgos
surface form: Castillo de Burgos
garrisonCommander Jean-Louis Dubreton NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
location Burgos
Castile and León
Spain
militaryBranchInvolved British Army
French Army
Portuguese Army
notableFeature inadequate siege artillery for the attackers
repeated failed assaults on the fortress
strong French defensive works
objective capture of Burgos fortress
outcome Allied withdrawal
partOf Napoleonic Wars
precededBy Battle of Salamanca
region northern Spain
result French victory
significance checked Wellington’s advance after Salamanca
demonstrated limits of Allied siege capabilities in 1812
startDate 1812-09-19
tacticalOutcome failed Allied siege operations
theatre Iberian Peninsula
year 1812

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Battle of Vitoria precededBy Siege of Burgos
Siege of Burgos alsoKnownAs Siege of Burgos
this entity surface form: Siege of the fortress of Burgos