A MOMENT IN HISTORY
Siege of Stralsund, 1807
1807 CE · Germany, Europe · War
The siege of Stralsund lasted from 24 July to 24 August, 1807, and saw troops from the First French Empire twice attempt to capture the port city from Lieutenant General Hans Henric von Essen's 15,000-man Swedish garrison. Early that year, Marshal Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier blockaded the city for two months before he was called elsewhere.
Available to claim
One person can dedicate this moment - a name and a short note recorded here forever.