The Capture of Cádiz in 1596 was an event during the Anglo-Spanish War, when English and Dutch troops under Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and a large Anglo-Dutch fleet under Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, with support from the Dutch United Provinces, raided the Spanish city of Cádiz. Due to the Spanish commander's lack of foresight and organisation, the …

Siege of Cádiz; Part of the Peninsular War: Map of Cádiz in 1813: Date: 5 February 1810 – 24 August 1812: Location: Cádiz, Spain. 36°31′54″N 06°18′07″W  / ...

Le siège de Cadix a été le siège de la grande base navale espagnole de Cadix par une armée française du 5 février 1810 au 24 août 1812 pendant la guerre d'indépendance espagnole. À la suite de l'occupation de Séville, la ville de Cadix est devenue le refuge du gouvernement espagnol, et a été la cible d'une armée de 70 000 soldats français sous le commandement des …

The Siege of Cádiz was a siege of the large Spanish naval base of Cádiz by a French army from February 5, 1810 to August 24, 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 Raising of the Siege of Cadiz, in consequence of the Glorious Victory obtained by the Duke of Wellington over the French at Salamanca, on the 22d July 1812: This Mortar, cast for the destruction of that Great Port, with Powers surpassing all others, and abandoned by the Besiegers on their Retreat,

4 500–5 500 mortos ou feridos. 30 navios afundados ou destruídos. O Cerco de Cádis foi um cerco à base naval espanhola de Cádis pelo exército francês, entre 5 de Fevereiro de 1810 e 24 de Agosto de 1812, durante a Guerra Peninsular.

13/10/2017 · The Cádiz Memorial - Wide View. "The mortar was one of a number of giant siege weapons used by the French army under Marshal Soult during the two-year siege of Cádiz in Spain. Made in Seville in March 1811, it was spiked and abandoned when the French retreated after the Duke of Wellington's victory at the Battle of Salamanca in 1812.