Siege of Cattaro
| Siege of Cattaro | |||||||
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| Part of the Adriatic Campaign of the Napoleonic Wars | |||||||
View of Cattaro (present-day Kotor) from the castle of St. John | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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United Kingdom Montenegro Sicily | France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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William Hoste Petar I | Jean-Joseph Gauthier | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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800 1 frigate 1 brig 3 gunboats | 600 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 20 killed and wounded | 600 captured | ||||||
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The siege of Cattaro was fought between a British Royal Naval detachment and Montenegrin forces under Captain William Hoste, John Harper and Petar I Petrović-Njegoš respectively and the French garrison under command of Jean-Joseph Gauthier of the mountain fortress of Cattaro (now Kotor, Montenegro). The siege lasted from 14 October 1813 to 3 January 1814 during the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars when the French surrendered. The engagement was fought in the Adriatic Sea for possession of the important fortress of Cattaro.