siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Siege of Zara
Siege of Zara was a siege conducted on 22 November 1813 at Zadar, in what is now Croatia. It was part of the Napoleonic Wars, which ran from 1803 to 1815. The recorded result: Anglo-Austrian victory. Recorded strength: 2,900; 2 frigates against 2,000; 12 gunboats.
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Record
| Date | 22 November 1813 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Zadar, Croatia 44.117N, 15.217E | |
| Part of | Napoleonic Wars (1803 to 1815) | |
| Kind | Siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Result | Anglo-Austrian victory | |
| Belligerents | United Kingdom; Austrian Empire | French Empire; Napoleonic Italy |
| Commanders | George Cadogan; Franjo Ksaver Tomašić | Claude Roize |
| Strength | 2,900; 2 frigates | 2,000; 12 gunboats |
| Casualties and losses | Low | 600 captured; 238 cannons captured; 12 gunboats sunk (later salvaged) |
Nearest engagements
- Siege of Zadar 1345, same recorded site
- Siege of Zadar AD 998, same recorded site
- Siege of Zara 1202, 0.9 km
- Battle of Zadar 1991, 1.1 km
- Battle of Ist 1944, 38 km
In the same war
- Before: Siege of Cattaro 14 October 1813
- After: Siege of Antwerp 14 January 1814
- All 60 engagements of Napoleonic Wars
Elsewhere in 1813
- Battle of Leipzig Germany
- Battle of Vitoria Spain
- Battle of Lützen Germany
- Battle of Dresden Germany
- Battle of Bautzen Germany
Siege of Zara is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 55 in present-day Croatia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16115925, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Zara (1813), revision 1379891358, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.