Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1810)

In the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, in Salamanca, Spain, the French Marshal Michel Ney took the fortified city from Field Marshal Andrés Pérez de Herrasti on 10 July 1810 after a siege that began on 26 April. Ney's VI Corps made up part of a 65,000-strong army commanded by André Masséna, who was bent on a third French invasion of Portugal.

Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo
Part of Peninsular War

Torre del Homenaje del Castillo de Enrique II from the Plaza del Castillo, with a 1507 barrier in the foreground
Date26 April – 10 July 1810
Location
Ciudad Rodrigo, Castile and León, Spain
40.6000°N 6.5333°W / 40.6000; -6.5333
Result French victory
Belligerents
French Empire Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Michel Ney Don Andrés Perez de Herrasti
Strength
28,000 5,500
Casualties and losses
1,500 5,500
Peninsular war: Third French invasion
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