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Siege of Cartagena (1815)

August 26 – December 6, 1815 · Siege of Cartagena (1815)

Result Spanish victory

Pablo Morillo's expedition starved Cartagena into surrender.

On the map Contemporaries

Royalists

Patriots

Other

Spain

Colombia

Pablo Morillo military commander

Francisco Tomás Morales military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 11,000
Deaths: 3,000

Killed: 200
Guns: 360

Civilian deaths: 6,000

Units

Morillo's expeditionary army (1815–1820)