Assault on the Trocadero (1823)

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Assault on the Trocadero (1823) was a decisive French military operation during the French intervention in Spain that captured the fortified Trocadero peninsula near Cádiz and helped restore King Ferdinand VII’s absolute rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Trocadero (1823) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Trocadero
authorizedBy Holy Alliance ⓘ
belligerent France ⓘ
Liberal Spanish forces ⓘ
category 1823 in Spain ⓘ
19th-century battles in Europe ⓘ
Battles involving France ⓘ
Battles involving Spain ⓘ
commander French Duke of Angoulême ⓘ
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême ⓘ
conflict French intervention in Spain (1823) ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
date 31 August 1823 ⓘ
followedBy fall of Cádiz to French and royalist forces ⓘ
historicalContext conservative reaction against liberal revolutions in Europe ⓘ
historicalPeriod post-Napoleonic Europe ⓘ
influenced French royalist prestige in Europe ⓘ
involved French expeditionary army ⓘ
Spanish liberal garrison ⓘ
location Bay of Cádiz ⓘ
Trocadero peninsula ⓘ
near Cádiz ⓘ
memorializedBy French paintings and engravings of the battle ⓘ
commemorative references in Bourbon France ⓘ
method amphibious and land assault on fortified positions ⓘ
objective to break the liberal stronghold protecting Cádiz ⓘ
to seize the Trocadero fortifications ⓘ
opposed Spanish liberal constitutional regime ⓘ
opposingCommander Spanish liberal commanders ⓘ
outcome capture of the fortified Trocadero peninsula ⓘ
restoration of King Ferdinand VII’s absolute rule in Spain ⓘ
partOf French intervention in Spain (1823) ⓘ
precededBy French crossing of the Bidassoa (1823) ⓘ
relatedTo Bourbon Restoration in France ⓘ
linked to: Bourbon Restoration

Spanish Liberal Triennium ⓘ
reign of Ferdinand VII of Spain ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
significance decisive operation of the French intervention in Spain ⓘ
helped end the Spanish Liberal Triennium ⓘ
paved the way for the fall of Cádiz ⓘ
sponsoredBy King Louis XVIII of France ⓘ
supported restoration of absolutist monarchy in Spain ⓘ
theater Peninsular theater ⓘ
typeOfFortificationCaptured coastal fortress ⓘ
year 1823 ⓘ

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Battle of Trocadero → alsoKnownAs → Assault on the Trocadero (1823) ⓘ
French intervention in Spain (1823) → significantEvent → capture of Trocadero (1823) ⓘ
linked to: Assault on the Trocadero (1823)