Peninsular War (1808-1814). Catalonia. Siege of Gerona (6 May 1809). Feat of Sub-lieutenant Mariano Montoro, from the Vich volunteers. On 3 July 1809, during the French artillery attack on Montjuic Castle, a Spanish flag was hit by French cannon fire and fell into the moat, whereupon Sub-lieutenant Montoro went down to pick it up and hoisted it up again, nailing it to the top of the castle. Los guerrilleros de 1808. Historia popular de la Guerra de la Independencia, by Enrique Rodriguez-Solis. Volume I. Published in Madrid, 1930.
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Peninsular War (1808-1814). Catalonia. Siege of Gerona (6 May 1809). Feat of Sub-lieutenant Mariano Montoro, from the Vich volunteers. On 3 July 1809, during the French artillery attack on Montjuic Castle, a Spanish flag was hit by French cannon fire and fell into the moat, whereupon Sub-lieutenant Montoro went down to pick it up and hoisted it up again, nailing it to the top of the castle. Los guerrilleros de 1808. Historia popular de la Guerra de la Independencia, by Enrique Rodriguez-Solis. Volume I. Published in Madrid, 1930.

Date

02 janv. 1930

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Photo12/Universal Images Group

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UMG26A39_109

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Droits gérés

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22.3Mo (2.7Mo) / 19.9cm x 28.1cm / 2345 x 3323 (300dpi)

Mots clés

flag castle Montjuich Castle Montjuich Gerona Catalonia city Spain Spanish Europe war Spanish War of Independence Peninsular War French War heroism heroic history Napoleonic empire Mariano Montoro Sub-lieutenant patriotism Iberian Peninsula 19th century volunteer siege

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