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The Battle of Cardadeu on 16 December 1808 saw an Imperial French corps led by Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr assault a Spanish force commanded by Juan Miguel de Vives y Feliu and Theodor von Reding.[1]

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  1. 99 relations: Autopista AP-7, Balearic Islands, Barcelona, Battle of Bailén, Battle of Benavente, Battle of Cacabelos, Battle of Corunna, Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros, Battle of Gamonal, Battle of Girona (1808), Battle of Mansilla, Battle of Molins de Rei, Battle of Roliça, Battle of Sahagún, Battle of Somosierra, Battle of the Black Mountain, Battle of Tudela, Battle of Zornoza, Battles of El Bruch, Bertrand Bessières, Besòs (river), Blockade of Barcelona, Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, Brigadier general, Captain general, Cardedeu, Carlo Balabio, Carlos Frederico Lecor, Viscount of Laguna, Catalonia, Charles Oman, Chasseur, Count of Caldagues, Digby Smith, Divisional general, Domenico Pino, Dos de Mayo Uprising, Dragoon, Figueres, First French Empire, Fort de Bellegarde, François Xavier de Schwarz, Francisco Milans del Bosch, Gaspar Gómez de la Serna, Girona, Giuseppe Lechi, Granada, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, History of Spain (1808–1874), Honoré Charles Reille, ... Expand index (49 more) »

  2. 1808 in Spain
  3. Battles involving the Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
  4. December 1808 events

Autopista AP-7

The Autopista AP-7 (also called Autopista del Mediterráneo) (Autopista de la Mediterrània) is a Spanish autopista (controlled-access highway).

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Balearic Islands

The Balearic Islands (Illes Balears; Islas Baleares or) are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.

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Battle of Bailén

The Battle of Bailén was fought in 1808 between the Spanish Army of Andalusia, led by General Francisco Javier Castaños and the Imperial French Army's II corps d'observation de la Gironde under General Pierre Dupont de l'Étang. Battle of Cardedeu and Battle of Bailén are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808, battles involving Spain and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Benavente

The Battle of Benavente (29 December 1808) was a cavalry clash in which the British cavalry of Lord Paget defeated the elite Chasseurs à cheval of the French Imperial Guard during the Corunna Campaign of the Peninsular War. Battle of Cardedeu and Battle of Benavente are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808, battles involving Spain, battles of the Peninsular War and December 1808 events.

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Battle of Cacabelos

The Battle of Cacabelos was a minor battle of the Peninsular War that took place on 3 January 1809, at the bridge just outside the village of Cacabelos, Province of León, Spain, as British forces under Sir John Moore making their retreat to A Coruña. Battle of Cardedeu and battle of Cacabelos are battles in 1808, battles involving Spain and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Corunna

The Battle of Corunna (or A Coruña, La Corunna, La Coruña or La Corogne), in Spain known as Battle of Elviña, took place on 16 January 1809, when a French corps under Marshal of the Empire Jean de Dieu Soult attacked a British army under Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore. Battle of Cardedeu and Battle of Corunna are battles involving France, battles involving Spain and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros

The Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros took place during the Napoleonic Wars, fought on 10 and 11 November 1808 at the village of Espinosa de los Monteros in the Cantabrian Mountains. Battle of Cardedeu and Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808, battles involving France, battles involving Spain and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Gamonal

The Battle of Gamonal (also known, in Spanish, as the Battle of Burgos) was fought on 10 November 1808, during the Peninsular War in the village of Gamonal, near Burgos, Spain. A French army under Soult overwhelmed the outnumbered Spanish troops under General Belvedere, opening central Spain, including Madrid, to invasion. Battle of Cardedeu and Battle of Gamonal are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808, battles involving Spain and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Girona (1808)

The Battle of Girona on 20 and 21 June 1808 saw an Imperial French division led by Guillaume Philibert Duhesme try to overrun a Spanish garrison commanded by Lieutenant Colonels O'Donovan and O'Daly. Battle of Cardedeu and Battle of Girona (1808) are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808, battles involving France, battles involving Spain, battles of the Peninsular War and military history of Catalonia.

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Battle of Mansilla

In the Battle of Mansilla or Battle of Mansilla de las Mulas on 30 December 1808 an Imperial French corps led by Nicolas Soult caught up with a Spanish corps commanded by Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana. Battle of Cardedeu and Battle of Mansilla are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808, battles involving France, battles of the Peninsular War and December 1808 events.

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Battle of Molins de Rei

The Battle of Molins de Rei or Battle of Molins de Rey or Battle of Molins del Rey (21 December 1808) saw an Imperial French corps led by Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr attack a Spanish army temporarily led by Theodor von Reding and the Conde de Caldagues because its commander Juan Miguel de Vives y Feliu was absent. Battle of Cardedeu and Battle of Molins de Rei are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808, battles involving France, battles involving Spain, battles involving the Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic), battles of the Peninsular War, December 1808 events and military history of Catalonia.

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Battle of Roliça

At the Battle of Roliça (17 August 1808), the first battle fought by the British army during the Peninsular War, an Anglo-Portuguese army under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeated an outnumbered Imperial French division under General of Division Henri François Delaborde, near the village of Roliça in Portugal. Battle of Cardedeu and battle of Roliça are battles in 1808, battles involving France and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Sahagún

The Battle of Sahagún (21 December 1808) was a cavalry clash at Sahagún, Spain, in which the British 15th Light Dragoons (Hussars) defeated two regiments of French cavalry during the Corunna Campaign of the Peninsular War. Battle of Cardedeu and Battle of Sahagún are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808, battles involving Spain, battles of the Peninsular War and December 1808 events.

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Battle of Somosierra

The Battle of Somosierra took place on 30 November 1808, during the Peninsular War, when a combined Franco-Spanish-Polish force under the direct command of Napoleon Bonaparte forced a passage through a Spanish Division stationed at the Sierra de Guadarrama, which shielded Madrid from direct French attack. Battle of Cardedeu and Battle of Somosierra are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808, battles involving Spain and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of the Black Mountain

The Battle of the Black Mountain (also Capmany or Sierra Negra or Del Roure or Montroig) was fought from 17 to 20 November 1794 between the army of the First French Republic and the allied armies of the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Portugal. Battle of Cardedeu and Battle of the Black Mountain are battles involving France, battles involving Spain and military history of Catalonia.

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Battle of Tudela

The Battle of Tudela (23 November 1808) saw an Imperial French army led by Marshal Jean Lannes attack a Spanish army under General Castaños. Battle of Cardedeu and Battle of Tudela are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808, battles involving France, battles involving Spain and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Zornoza

The Battle of Zornoza, fought on 31 October 1808, was one of the opening engagements in Napoleon's invasion of Spain. Battle of Cardedeu and Battle of Zornoza are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808, battles involving France, battles involving Spain and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battles of El Bruch

The two battles of the Bruch (Spanish: Batallas del Bruch; Catalan: Batalles del Bruc) were engagements fought successively, at El Bruc, near Barcelona, Catalonia, on 6 and 14 June 1808, during the Peninsular War, by French troops commanded by Brigadier General François de Schwarz and General of Division Joseph Chabran against Spanish volunteers and mercenaries led by General Antoni Franch i Estalella and Joan Baget. Battle of Cardedeu and battles of El Bruch are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808, battles involving France, battles involving Spain, battles of the Peninsular War and military history of Catalonia.

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Bertrand Bessières

Bertrand Bessières, 1st Baron Bessières (born 6 January 1773 in Prayssac; died 15 November 1855 in Chantilly), was a French general of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Besòs (river)

The Besòs (Besós) is a river flowing through Catalonia, Spain, formed by the confluence of the Mogent and Congost rivers.

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Blockade of Barcelona

The blockade of Barcelona, from August to December 1808, was the failed attempt by Spanish troops to recapture the French occupied Barcelona during the Peninsular War. Battle of Cardedeu and blockade of Barcelona are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808, battles involving France, battles involving Spain, December 1808 events and military history of Catalonia.

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Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey

Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (or Jannot de Moncey), 1st duc de Conegliano (31 July 1754 – 20 April 1842) was a French military officer and a prominent commander in the French Revolutionary Wars and later a Marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Captain general

Captain general (and its literal equivalent in several languages) is a high military rank of general officer grade, and a gubernatorial title.

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Cardedeu

Cardedeu is a small town in the comarca of Vallès Oriental in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.

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Carlo Balabio

Carlo Balabio (1759–1838) was an Italian general and cavalry commander who served the Kingdom of Italy during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Carlos Frederico Lecor, Viscount of Laguna

Carlos Frederico LecorHis last name is sometimes written as Lecór or Le Cor.

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Catalonia

Catalonia (Catalunya; Cataluña; Catalonha) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.

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Charles Oman

Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, (12 January 1860 – 23 June 1946) was a British military historian.

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Chasseur

Chasseur, a French term for "hunter", is the designation given to certain regiments of French and Belgian light infantry (chasseurs à pied) or light cavalry (chasseurs à cheval) to denote troops trained for rapid action.

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Count of Caldagues

Raimundo Caldagues y Remond, Count of CaldaguesThe title was French, not Spanish: comte de Caldagues.

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Digby Smith

Digby George Smith (1 January 1935 – 9 January 2024), who also used the pseudonym Otto von Pivka, was a British military historian.

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Divisional general

Divisional general is a general officer rank who commands an army division.

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Domenico Pino

Domenico ("Dominique") Pino (Milan, 8 September 1760 – Cernobbio, 29 March 1826) was an Italian soldier.

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Dos de Mayo Uprising

The Dos de Mayo or Second of May Uprising took place in Madrid, Spain, on 2–3 May 1808. Battle of Cardedeu and Dos de Mayo Uprising are 1808 in Spain, battles involving France, battles involving Spain and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Dragoon

Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot.

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Figueres

Figueres (Figueras) is the capital city of Alt Empordà county, in the Girona region, Catalonia, Spain.

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First French Empire

The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire after 1809 and also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.

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Fort de Bellegarde

The Fort de Bellegarde (Fort or Castell de Bellaguarda / Bellaguàrdia in Catalan) is a 17th-century bastion fortification located above the town of Le Perthus, in the Pyrénées-Orientales département of southern France.

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François Xavier de Schwarz

François Xavier de Schwarz or François-Xavier-Nicolas Schwartz (8 January 1762 – 9 October 1826) was born in Baden but joined the French army in 1776.

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Francisco Milans del Bosch

Francisco Milans del Bosch (1769–1834) was a Spanish general.

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Gaspar Gómez de la Serna

Gaspar Gómez de la Serna y Pérez (1760–1808) was a Spanish military commander.

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Girona

Girona (Gerona) is the capital city of the province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers.

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Giuseppe Lechi

Giuseppe ("Joseph") Lechi (5 December 1766 – 9 August 1836) was an Italian general in the Kingdom of Italy during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Granada

Granada is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.

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Grand Duchy of Tuscany

The Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Granducato di Toscana; Magnus Ducatus Etruriae) was an Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1860, replacing the Republic of Florence.

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Guillaume Philibert Duhesme

Guillaume Philibert, 1st Count Duhesme, born on the 7th July 1766 in Mercurey (formerly Bourgneuf), Burgundy, killed on the 20th June 1815 near Waterloo, was a French general, politician and writer during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.

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History of Spain (1808–1874)

Spain in the 19th century was a country in turmoil.

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Honoré Charles Reille

Honoré Charles Michel Joseph Reille (1 September 1775 – 4 March 1860) was a Marshal of France, born in Antibes.

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Hostalric

Hostalric is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.

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Jean-Charles Langlois

Jean-Charles Langlois, known as The Colonel (22 July 1789 – 1870) was a French soldier and painter.

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Joseph Chabran

Joseph Chabran (21 June 1763 in Cavaillon – February 1843 in Avignon), was a French military officer.

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Joseph Souham

Joseph, comte Souham (30 April 1760 – 28 April 1837) was a French general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

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Juan Miguel de Vives

Juan Miguel de Vives y Feliu, in Catalan: Joan Miquel Vives i Feliu, (c. 1745 — 27 April 1809) was a Spanish general.

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Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

The Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia; Royaume d'Italie) was a kingdom in Northern Italy (formerly the Italian Republic) that was a client state of Napoleon's French Empire.

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La Bisbal d'Empordà

La Bisbal d'Empordà is the county seat of the ''comarca'' of Baix Empordà in Catalonia, Spain.

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Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr (13 April 1764 – 17 March 1830) was a French military commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Empire.

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Llinars del Vallès

Llinars del Vallès is a village and a municipality in the comarca of Vallès Oriental, in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.

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Llobregat

The Llobregat is the second longest river in Catalonia, Spain, after the Ter.

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Louis François Jean Chabot

Louis François Jean Chabot (27 April 1757 in Niort – 11 March 1837 in Sansais) was a French general.

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Luis Rebolledo de Palafox, 4th Marquis of Lazán

Luis Rebolledo de Palafox y Melzi, 4th Marquis of Lazán, 9th Marquis of San Felices de Aragón (June 2, 1772 – December 28, 1843) was a Spanish military commander during the Peninsular War.

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Malgrat de Mar

Malgrat de Mar is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Maresme, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Mariano Álvarez de Castro

Brigadier Mariano José Manuel Bernardo Álvarez Bermúdez de Castro y López Aparicio (September 8, 1749 – January 21, 1810) was a Spanish military officer, and the military governor of Girona during the siege by the French during the War of Spanish Independence.

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Marquis del Palacio

Domingo Mariano Traggia Uribarri, Marquis del Palacio (1744–1816) was a Spanish military commander.

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Marshal of France

Marshal of France (Maréchal de France, plural Maréchaux de France) is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to generals for exceptional achievements.

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Mataró

Mataró is the capital and largest town of the Maresme county in Catalonia, Spain.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional or part-time soldiers; citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members of a warrior-nobility class (e.g.

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Miquelet (militia)

Miquelets or Micalets (Migueletes) were irregular Catalan and Valencian mountain light troops. Battle of Cardedeu and Miquelet (militia) are military history of Catalonia.

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Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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National Guard (France)

The National Guard (Garde nationale) is a French military, gendarmerie, and police reserve force, active in its current form since 2016 but originally founded in 1789 during the French Revolution.

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Palamós

Palamós is a town and municipality in the Mediterranean Costa Brava, located in the comarca of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Pamplona

Pamplona (Iruña) is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain.

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Peninsular War

The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Perpignan

Perpignan (Perpinyà,; Perpinhan) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea and the scrublands of the Corbières massif.

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Pyrenees

The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain.

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Roses, Girona

Roses (Rosas) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Alt Empordà, located on the Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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San Sebastián

San Sebastián, officially known by the bilingual name Donostia / San Sebastián, is a city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain.

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Sant Celoni

Sant Celoni is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Oriental in Catalonia, Spain.

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Sant Cugat del Vallès

Sant Cugat del Vallès is a town and municipality north of Barcelona, Catalonia.

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Sarrià, Barcelona

Sarrià is a neighborhood in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Second Battle of Boulou

The Second Battle of Boulou (29 April to 1 May 1794) took place during the War of the Pyrenees, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. Battle of Cardedeu and Second Battle of Boulou are battles involving France and battles involving Spain.

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Second siege of Girona

The second siege of Girona was the second unsuccessful French attempt to capture the city of Girona (spelled "Gerona" in Castilian) during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. Battle of Cardedeu and second siege of Girona are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808 and military history of Catalonia.

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Siege of Roses (1808)

The siege of Roses or siege of Rosas from 7 November to 5 December 1808 saw an Imperial French corps led by Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr invest a Catalan and Spanish garrison commanded by Peter O'Daly. Battle of Cardedeu and siege of Roses (1808) are 1808 in Spain, battles in 1808, December 1808 events and military history of Catalonia.

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Siege of Zaragoza (1809)

The siege of Zaragoza was the French capture of the Spanish city of Zaragoza (also known as Saragossa) in 1809 during the Peninsular War. Battle of Cardedeu and siege of Zaragoza (1809) are December 1808 events.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Tarragona

Tarragona (Tarraco) is a coastal city and municipality in Catalonia (Spain).

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Ter (river)

The Ter is a river in Catalonia, Spain.

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Tercio

A tercio, Spanish for " third") was a military unit of the Spanish Army during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and Habsburg Spain in the early modern period. They were the elite military units of the Spanish monarchy and the essential pieces of the powerful land forces of the Spanish Empire, sometimes also fighting with the navy.

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Theodor von Reding

Theodor von Reding (5 July 1755 – 23 April 1809) was a Swiss mercenary who served in the Spanish Army.

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Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald

Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a British naval officer, peer, mercenary and politician.

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Timeline of the Peninsular War

The following tables show the sequence of events of the Peninsular War (1807–1814), including major battles, smaller actions, uprisings, sieges and other related events that took place during that period. Battle of Cardedeu and Timeline of the Peninsular War are battles of the Peninsular War.

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Valais

Valais, more formally, the Canton of Valais, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of thirteen districts and its capital and largest city is Sion. Valais is situated in the southwestern part of the country. It borders the cantons of Vaud and Bern to the north, the cantons of Uri and Ticino to the east, as well as Italy to the south and France to the west.

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Valencia

Valencia (officially in Valencian: València) is the capital of the province and autonomous community of the same name in Spain.

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Vidreres

Vidreres is a municipality in the comarca of La Selva, the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.

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VII Corps (Grande Armée)

The VII Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars.

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War of the Pyrenees

The War of the Pyrenees, also known as War of Roussillon or War of the Convention, was the Pyrenean front of the First Coalition's war against the First French Republic.

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See also

1808 in Spain

Battles involving the Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

December 1808 events

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cardedeu

Also known as Battle of Cardadeu.

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