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 the fortress of Burgos ⓘ
linked to: Siege 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 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 Castillo de Burgos ⓘ
linked to: Castle of 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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Referenced by (2)

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

Battle of Vitoria → precededBy → Siege of Burgos ⓘ
Siege of Burgos → alsoKnownAs → Siege of the fortress of Burgos ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Burgos