Siege of Zaragoza (1809)

December 20, 1808 – February 20, 1809 · Zaragoza

French troops besieged Zaragoza a second time and took the city after brutal house-to-house fighting. Disease and combat killed tens of thousands of defenders and civilians.

French Empire and allies

Coalition

Strength and losses

Strength
42,000c. 50,000
Guns
50c. 50
Strength
30,000c. 30,000
Casualties
c. 30,000
Killed
c. 18,000
Captured
c. 12,000
Civilian deaths
34,000
Guns
150c. 150
Guns lost
c. 145