Siege of Badajoz

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battle event in the Peninsular War siege

The Siege of Badajoz was a brutal and strategically crucial 1812 British-led assault during the Peninsular War, marked by heavy casualties and notorious post-capture atrocities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Siege of Badajoz canonical	3
Battle of Badajoz	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ event in the Peninsular War ⓘ siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Third Siege of Badajoz (Peninsular War) NERFINISHED ⓘ
attacker	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish troops under Wellington ⓘ
belligerent	First French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish forces allied with Britain ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
casualties	heavy French casualties ⓘ high Allied casualties ⓘ significant civilian casualties ⓘ
commander	Armand Philippon NERFINISHED ⓘ Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-de-Dieu Soult NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy	regimental battle honours in the British Army ⓘ
conflictIn	Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryAtTime	Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfStorming	1812-04-06 ⓘ
defender	French garrison of Badajoz ⓘ
endDate	1812-04-06 ⓘ
followedBy	Allied advance into central Spain ⓘ
fortifications	strongly fortified frontier fortress ⓘ
hasAftermath	disciplinary crisis in Wellington’s army ⓘ international condemnation of Allied excesses ⓘ
hasBreaches	Santa Maria breach ⓘ Trinidad breach ⓘ castle breach ⓘ
location	Badajoz NERFINISHED ⓘ Extremadura NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	brutal street fighting ⓘ heavy casualties ⓘ mass rape and murder of civilians ⓘ post-capture atrocities ⓘ widespread looting by Allied troops ⓘ
partOf	Peninsular War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812) NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ capture of Badajoz by British-led forces ⓘ
startDate	1812-03-16 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of the route into Spain from Portugal ⓘ securing a fortress on the Portuguese–Spanish border ⓘ
usedTactic	artillery bombardment to create breaches ⓘ escalade of the breaches ⓘ
year	1812 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign → hasPart → Siege of Badajoz ⓘ

Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign → notableEngagement → Siege of Badajoz ⓘ

British 3rd Division → notableEngagement → Siege of Badajoz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Badajoz

Richard Sharpe → notableBattle → Siege of Badajoz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Badajoz

William Carr Beresford → notableBattle → Siege of Badajoz ⓘ