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Hace 5 días · The siege of Cádiz was a siege of the large Spanish naval base of Cádiz by a French army from 5 February 1810 to 24 August 1812 during the Peninsular War.Following the occupation of Seville, Cádiz became the Spanish seat of power, and was targeted by 70,000 French troops under the command of the Marshals Claude Victor and Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult for one of the most important sieges of ...
6 de may. de 2024 · Elle contient par exemple les dossiers de Louis Alexandre Berthier, Michel Ney, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Joachim Murat, André Masséna, Louis Nicolas Davout, Rémy Joseph Isidore Exelmans… L’état préoccupant de ces dossiers, concernant des célébrités de l’Empire et très demandés en salle de lecture, a justifié la numérisation complète des 63 dossiers constituant la sous-série.
Hace 6 días · The government sent Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, at the head of an army of 20,000 to restore order. Soult was able to retake the town without any bloodshed, and without making any compromises with the workers.
17 de abr. de 2024 · ‘Zijne majesteit wil dat u naar Waver gaat, onze kant op,’ luidde de instructie van Napoleons stafchef, maarschalk Jean-de-Dieu Soult. Om 13.00 uur, toen de Franse kanonnen al ruim een uur stonden te bulderen, zag Napoleon in dat hij de 33.000 man van De Grouchy beter bij zich had kunnen roepen, want door zijn verrekijker zag hij ...
15 de abr. de 2024 · Bennigsen’s orchestrated attack would see 63,000 men advance in six columns against Ney’s single corps. While diversionary attacks tied down Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult’s corps at Lomitten and Marshal Jean Bernadotte’s corps at Spanden, the overwhelming weight of the Russian forces converged on Ney’s isolated corps at ...
4 de may. de 2024 · Marshal Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult unsuccessfully fought the last battle of the Peninsular War against Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington, outside the city on April 10, 1814. The vieux quartier (old city), on the right high bank and surrounded by medieval faubourgs (incorporated suburbs), embraces the business section.
30 de abr. de 2024 · Landing at Lisbon, he surprised Marshal Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult, captured Oporto, and chased the French back into Spain, but a joint Anglo-Spanish advance on Madrid failed despite a victory at Talavera (July 27–28).
