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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 Rodríguez-Solís. 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 Rodríguez-Solís. Volume I. Published in Madrid, 1930.
Location:
PRIVATE COLLECTION
Credit:
Album / Prisma
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Image size:
2345 x 3323 px | 22.3 MB
Print size:
19.9 x 28.1 cm | 7.8 x 11.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1809 • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH • BANNER • CASTILLO • CASTLE • CATALONIA • CHATEAU • CITY • DEFENCE • DEFENSE • EUROPA • EUROPE • EXPLOIT • FEAT • FLAG • FLY • FLYING • FRENCH INVASION • FRENCH WAR • GERONA SIEGE • GERONA • GIRONA SITE • GIRONA • HERO • HEROIC • HEROISM • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • HOIST • HOISTING • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • IBERIAN PENINSULA • JULY 3 • MARIANO MONTORO • MONJUICH • MONTJUIC CASTLE • MONTJUIC • MONTJUICH CASTLE • MONTJUICH • MONTORO • NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE • NAPOLEONIC INVASION • PATRIOT • PATRIOTISM • PENINSULAR WAR • PRIVATE COLLECTION • RAMPART • SECOND LIEUTENANT • SIEGE OF GERONA • SIEGE OF GIRONA • SIEGE • SITE • SPAIN • SPANISH FLAG • SPANISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE • SPANISH • STRONGHOLD • SUB LIEUTENANT • SUB-LIEUTENANT • THIRD SIEGE OF GERONA • THIRD SIEGE OF GIRONA • THIRD • URBE • VIC VOLUNTEER • VIC VOLUNTEERS • VICH VOLUNTEER • VICH VOLUNTEERS • VILLAGE • VOLUNTEER OF VIC • VOLUNTEER OF VICH • VOLUNTEER • WALL • WAR OF INDEPENDENCE • WAR • WARFARE • XIX
