Siege of Riga (1812)
| Siege of Riga | |||||||
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| Part of the French invasion of Russia | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russian Empire United Kingdom | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Jacques MacDonald Julius von Grawert Ludwig Yorck |
Ivan Fyodorovich Emme Thomas Byam Martin | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| X Corps |
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The Siege of Riga was a military operation undertaken by the Grande Armée during the French invasion of Russia in 1812.
The siege, beginning in July 1812, was led by Marshal Jacques MacDonald, with a force of 30,000 men, facing Russian defenders under command of Ivan Fyodorovich Emme.[1] The defenders were aided by the British Baltic squadron under Rear Admiral Thomas Byam Martin.[2] In August, Martin led a British-Russian force on a diversionary naval raid on the major French base at Danzig.[3] The French did not try to storm Riga and eventually withdrew in September 1812.
See also
References
- ^ A. M. Gorshman. "ЭММЕ, Иван Федорович, генерал-лейтенант." In N. Mikhailovka, ed. Словарь русских генералов, участников боевых действий против армии Наполеона Бонапарта в 1812—1815 гг., vol. 7, pp. 626–627. Russian Archives, 1996. (in Russian)
- ^ Robson, Martin (2014). A History of the Royal Navy: Napoleonic Wars. I.B.Tauris. p. 157. ISBN 9781780765440.
- ^ Grainger, John D. (2014). The British Navy in the Baltic. Boydell & Brewer. p. 207. ISBN 9781843839477.
Further reading
- The Commodore by C.S. Forester includes a fictional account of the siege.
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