Editing Peninsular War (section)

====Fall of Zaragoza====
[[File:Santa Engracia - Lejeune.jpg|thumb|[[Second siege of Zaragoza|Saragossa]]: ''The assault on the Santa Engracia monastery'' by [[Louis-François Lejeune]], oil on canvas, 1827]]
Zaragoza, already scarred from [[Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes|Lefebvre]]'s bombardments that summer, was [[Siege of Saragossa (1809)|under a second siege]] that had commenced on 20 December. Lannes and Moncey committed two army corps of 45,000 men and considerable artillery firepower. Palafox's second defence brought the city enduring national and international fame.{{sfn|Glover|2001|p=89}} The Spaniards fought with determination, endured disease and starvation, entrenching themselves in convents and burning their own homes. The garrison of 44,000 was left with 8,000 survivors{{mdash}}1,500 of them ill{{mdash}}{{sfn|Gates|2002|p=114}} but the {{lang|fr|Grande Armée}} did not advance beyond the [[Ebro]]. On 20 February 1809, the garrison capitulated, leaving behind burnt-out ruins filled with 64,000 corpses, of which 10,000 were French.{{sfn|Glover|2001|p=89}}{{sfn|Bell|2009}}