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Siege of Zara (1813)

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In all, the British and Austrians had captured 110 guns and 18 howitzers, 350 men as well as 100 dismounted guns and twelve salvageable gunboats. As they were about to leave for Trieste Cadogan was later instructed to hand over all prizes and spoils of war to the Austrians. (This order cost the crews
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When the Anglo-Austrian troops arrived on 22 November they found that the fortress was well supplied and ready to stand a long siege, so Cadogan determined to blockade and to eventually attack the place. Cadogan intended to use the ships' guns to establish batteries on the shore with British seaman
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broke out amongst the Croat battalions in Roize's force. This was put down by Roize but instead they escaped the fortress and gave themselves up to the Austrians and British troops waiting outside. This number constituted nearly two thirds of Rosie's garrison leaving just 800 men left.
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Tomašić laid out the terms to Roize; the French would be allowed to return to Italy but not to engage in combat unless they were exchanged. Once the surrender terms were agreed the French marched out and the British and Austrians entered Zadar.
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in March 1811 however, the Royal Navy had achieved dominance over the French in the Adriatic Sea. Austria declared war on France in August 1813 and working in conjunction with the Austrian armies now invading the Illyrian Provinces and Northern
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were continually needed to fill the few entrenchments. On 1 December one long 18-pounder and the carronades were redirected to deal with the French gunboats and, after an hour and a half, not one remained afloat.
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and one smaller gun were moored under the walls. The French fire from these inflicted some damage on the British and Austrian defences at first and
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to make up the force to arm them. They were to combine with the land blockading Austrian force which numbered 1,500 men (many of them were
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ships were able to rapidly transport British and Austrian troops from one point to another, forcing the surrender of the strategic ports.
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On 6 December, after thirteen days and nights of bombardment in when the batteries had only one round of shot left, Roize sent out a
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was hoisted on each of three batteries on 23 November and they started a bombardment in almost incessant rain.
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in 1809 had solidified French influence in the Adriatic by formalising their control of the
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Soon after, one by one most towns in the Illyrian Provinces fell to Anglo-Austrian forces.
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This article is about the siege of Zadar (Croatia) in 1813. For other uses, see
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guns, together with all the necessary powder and ammunition, were landed from
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The Defense of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Northern Italy, 1813-1814
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however, awarded Lieutenant William Hamley the Imperial Austrian
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General Franjo Ksaver Tomašić, Croat in the Habsburg Army service
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commanded by an experienced French general, Baron Roize.
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The Naval History of Great Britain, Volume 6, 1811–1827
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Part of Zara's (present day Zadar) fortification system
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squadron that had successfully blockaded and besieged
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Siege of Zadar (disambiguation)
Adriatic Campaign
Napoleonic Wars

Zara
Illyrian Provinces
French Empire
Croatia
44°07′00″N 15°13′00″E / 44.11667°N 15.21667°E / 44.11667; 15.21667
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Austria
France
French Empire
Italy
United Kingdom
George Cadogan
Austrian Empire
Franjo Ksaver Tomašić
France
Claude Roize
frigates
gunboats
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Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814
Santa Maura
Lissa
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