The
Siege of Cádiz was a siege of the large Spanish naval base of
Cádiz by a
French army from 5 February 1810 to 24 August 1812 during the
Peninsular War. Following the occupation of
Seville,
Cádiz became the Spanish seat of power, and was targeted by 70,000 French troops under the command of the Marshals
Claude Victor and
Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult for one of the most important sieges of the war. Defending the city were 2,000 Spanish troops who, as the siege progressed, received aid from 10,000 Spanish reinforcements as well as British and Portuguese troops.