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On 8 July 1811, Suchet received his baton, making him the only French general to be appointed Marshal of France for winning victories in Spain. Specifically, he won this honor for his victory in the Siege of Tarragona. The port of Tarragona fell to the French on 29 June 1811 as a British naval squadron stood helplessly offshore. Suchet pressed the siege ruthlessly and lost 4,300 troops during the operation, but Spanish losses were far heavier. The loss of the port involved most of the Army of Catalonia and therefore left Spanish forces in the area gravely weakened.

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  • Siege of Valencia (1812)
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  • On 8 July 1811, Suchet received his baton, making him the only French general to be appointed Marshal of France for winning victories in Spain. Specifically, he won this honor for his victory in the Siege of Tarragona. The port of Tarragona fell to the French on 29 June 1811 as a British naval squadron stood helplessly offshore. Suchet pressed the siege ruthlessly and lost 4,300 troops during the operation, but Spanish losses were far heavier. The loss of the port involved most of the Army of Catalonia and therefore left Spanish forces in the area gravely weakened.
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  • 20595(xsd:integer)
  • 28044(xsd:integer)
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Date
  • --12-26
Commander
  • Joaquín Blake
  • Louis Suchet
Caption
  • One of Valencia's twelve old city gates
Casualties
  • 2000(xsd:integer)
  • 20281374(xsd:integer)
Result
  • French victory
combatant
  • Spain
  • French Empire
Place
  • Valencia, Spain
Conflict
  • Siege of Valencia
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  • On 8 July 1811, Suchet received his baton, making him the only French general to be appointed Marshal of France for winning victories in Spain. Specifically, he won this honor for his victory in the Siege of Tarragona. The port of Tarragona fell to the French on 29 June 1811 as a British naval squadron stood helplessly offshore. Suchet pressed the siege ruthlessly and lost 4,300 troops during the operation, but Spanish losses were far heavier. The loss of the port involved most of the Army of Catalonia and therefore left Spanish forces in the area gravely weakened. Emperor Napoleon I of France ordered his newly minted marshal to capture Valencia. During the summer and fall of 1811, Suchet seized Montserrat, defeated Blake at Benaguasil, and captured the port of Oropesa del Mar. On 15 September, 25,000 French invaded Valencia and beat Blake again at the Battle of Sagunto on 26 October, where Suchet sustained a severe wound in his shoulder. Reinforced by two additional divisions, the French relentlessly advanced.
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