CASUALTY RECORD // July 24, 1808
Second Siege of Gerona
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
1 sides catalogued · combined 271 estimated
Французская империя
271
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Second Siege of Gerona was part of the broader French effort to secure Catalonia during the early phase of the Peninsular War. With a force of approximately 13,000 French troops under Duhesme and Reille facing a Spanish garrison of around 3,750, the numerical disparity was substantial. French casualties of 271 were recorded, indicating meaningful resistance. The engagement reflects the persistent difficulty French forces encountered in subduing fortified Spanish positions, a pattern that would define much of the Peninsular War's Catalan theater.
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