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Siege of San Sebastián, the Glossary

In the siege of San Sebastián (7 July – 8 September 1813), part of the Peninsular War, Allied forces under the command of Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington failed to capture the city in a siege.^[1]

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Alexander Dickson (British Army officer)

Major General Sir Alexander Dickson (3 June 177722 April 1840) was a British Army officer who served in the artillery.

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving twice as British prime minister.

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Basque language

Basque (euskara) is the only surviving Paleo-European language spoken in Europe, predating the arrival of speakers of the Indo-European languages that dominate the continent today. Basque is spoken by the Basques and other residents of the Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of northern Spain and southwestern France.

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Basques

The Basques (or; euskaldunak; vascos; basques) are a Southwestern European ethnic group, characterised by the Basque language, a common culture and shared genetic ancestry to the ancient Vascones and Aquitanians.

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Battle of Maya

The Battle of Maya (25 July 1813) saw an Imperial French corps led by Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon attack the British 2nd Division under William Stewart at the Maya Pass in the western Pyrenees. Siege of San Sebastián and Battle of Maya are July 1813 events.

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Battle of Nivelle

The Battle of Nivelle (10 November 1813) took place in front of the river Nivelle near the end of the Peninsular War (1808–1814).

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Battle of San Marcial

The Battle of San Marcial, waged on 31 August 1813, was one of the last battles fought on Spanish soil during the Peninsular War. Siege of San Sebastián and battle of San Marcial are August 1813 events.

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Battle of San Millan-Osma

In the Battles of San Millán and Osma (18 June 1813) two divisions of the Allied army of Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington clashed with two divisions of King Joseph Bonaparte's Imperial French army in northeast Spain.

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Battle of the Bidassoa

In the Battle of the Bidasoa (or the Battle of Larrun) on 7 October 1813 the Allied army of Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington wrested a foothold on French soil from Nicolas Soult's French army.

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Battle of the Pyrenees

The Battle of the Pyrenees was a large-scale offensive (the author David Chandler recognises the 'battle' as an offensive) launched on 25 July 1813 by Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult from the Pyrénées region on Emperor Napoleon's order, in the hope of relieving French garrisons under siege at Pamplona and San Sebastián. Siege of San Sebastián and Battle of the Pyrenees are August 1813 events and July 1813 events.

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Battle of Tolosa (1813)

The Battle of Tolosa (26 June 1813) saw a British-Portuguese-Spanish column led by Thomas Graham attempt to cut off a retreating Franco-Italian force under Maximilien Sébastien Foy.

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Battle of Vitoria

At the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813), a British, Portuguese and Spanish army under the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, eventually leading to victory in the Peninsular War.

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Bay of Biscay

The Bay of Biscay is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea.

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Brigadier general

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

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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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Coupure

A coupure is a means of closing an opening in a wall, floodwall or levee (dike).

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Denis Dighton

Denis Dighton (1792 – 8 August 1827) was an English painter, best known for his military portraits and battle scenes.

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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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Forlorn hope

A forlorn hope is a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the vanguard in a military operation, such as a suicidal assault through the kill zone of a defended position, or the first men to climb a scaling ladder against a defended fortification, or a rearguard, to be expended to save a retreating army, where the risk of casualties is high.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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French frigate Surveillante (1802)

Surveillante entered service as a 40-gun of the French Navy.

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Gascon dialect

Gascon is the vernacular Romance variety spoken mainly in the region of Gascony, France.

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Gascony

Gascony (Gascogne; Gasconha; Gaskoinia) was a province of the southwestern Kingdom of France that succeeded the Duchy of Gascony (602–1453).

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar).

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Gipuzkoa

Gipuzkoa (Guipúzcoa; Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country.

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Glacis

A glacis in military engineering is an artificial slope as part of a medieval castle or in early modern fortresses.

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Harry Jones (British Army officer)

General Sir Henry David Jones DCL (14 March 1791 – 4 August 1866) was a British Army officer who became Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

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Henry Bradford

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Hollis Bradford (25 June 17817 December 1816) was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War and was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo.

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Hornwork

A hornwork is an element of the Italian bastion system of fortification.

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James Leith (British Army officer, born 1763)

Lieutenant-General Sir James Leith (8 August 1763 – 16 October 1816) was a Scottish soldier who served in the British Army, commanding the 5th Division in the Duke of Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army at several critical battles during the Peninsular War between 1810 and 1813.

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Jean-de-Dieu Soult

Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia (29 March 1769 – 26 November 1851) was a French general and statesman.

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Joseph Bonaparte

Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Giuseppe di Buonaparte,; Ghjuseppe Napulione Bonaparte; José Napoleón Bonaparte; 7 January 176828 July 1844) was a French statesman, lawyer, diplomat and older brother of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Lesaka

Lesaka is a town and municipality in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, in Spain.

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Lines of Torres Vedras

The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts and other military defences built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War.

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Louis Emmanuel Rey

Louis Emmanuel Rey (born 22 September 1768, Grenoble – died 18 June 1846, Paris) was a French soldier.

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Pamplona

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

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Pasaia

Pasaia (Pasajes) is a town and municipality located in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community of northern 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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Pyrenees

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

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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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Sapping

Sapping is a term used in siege operations to describe the digging of a covered trench (a "sap") to approach a besieged place without danger from the enemy's fire.

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Siege of Pamplona (1813)

In the siege of Pamplona (26 June – 31 October 1813), a Spanish force led by Captain General Henry (Enrique José) O'Donnell and later Major General Carlos de España blockaded an Imperial French garrison under the command of General of Brigade Louis Pierre Jean Cassan. Siege of San Sebastián and siege of Pamplona (1813) are sieges involving France, sieges involving Spain, sieges involving the United Kingdom, sieges of the Napoleonic Wars and sieges of the Peninsular War.

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References

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

Also known as Battle of San Sebastian, Burning of San Sebastian, First Siege of San Sebastián, Sack of San Sebastián, Second Siege of San Sebastián.

Siege of San Sebastián, the Glossary

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See also

August 1813 events

History of San Sebastián

July 1813 events

Massacres committed by Portugal

Massacres committed by the United Kingdom

Massacres in 1813

Massacres in Spain

September 1813 events

Sieges of the Napoleonic Wars

Sieges of the Peninsular War

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