First siege of Badajoz (1811)

First siege of Badajoz (1811)
	Part of Peninsular War
	; Map of the Battle of the Gebora and the first siege of Badajoz
Date	26 January 1811 – 11 March 1811
Location	Badajoz, Spain38°52′49″N 6°58′31″W / 38.88028°N 6.97528°W
Result	French victory
Belligerents
First French Empire	Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Marshal Soult	Rafael Menacho (KiA); José Imaz
Strength
17,000	21,000 at the beginning; 9,000 at the end
Casualties and losses
1,500 killed or wounded	7,000 killed or wounded; 14,000 captured

Peninsular War
Castile 1811–13

220km
137miles

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Burgos

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Salamanca

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Astorga

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Ciudad Rodrigo

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Arlabán

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Albuera

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Campo Maior

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Badajoz

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The first siege of Badajoz was a siege carried out during the Peninsular War on the Spanish town of Badajoz, by the French general Soult.

It commenced on 27 January 1811, despite the fact that Gazan's infantry division of 6,000 men, which was escorting the siege train, would not arrive until 3 February. The previous day, Soult had sent General Latour-Maubourg's six cavalry battalions across the Guadiana to blockade the fortress's northern approach.