Siege of Ragusa (1806)

Siege of Ragusa (1806)
Part of the Second Archipelago Expedition during the Napoleonic Wars
Siege of Ragusa (illustration by H. F. Philippoteaux, c. 1870)
Date 27 May – 1 October 1806 Location Ragusa (present-day Dubrovnik, Croatia) Result French victory
Belligerents
France  Ragusa	Russia  Montenegro
Commanders and leaders
Auguste de Marmont Jacques Lauriston[a] Gabriel Molitor	Dmitry Senyavin
Units involved
Unknown	Imperial Russian Navy Vitebsk Musketeers 13th Jaeger Regiment
Strength
1,000 men in Dubrovnik[2] 3,000 French (regulars) and 4,000 Ragusians on Mount Bargart[3] 3,000 of Molitor's reinforcement[4]	2,300 Russian regulars 5,000 Montenegrins approx. 7,000 maritimes[b]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Greater casualties than France

The siege of Ragusa took place in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.^[6] After French occupied the maritime republic of Ragusa, Russian and allied forces under the leadership of Vice Admiral Dmitry Senyavin laid siege to it for months. The siege saw several stormings/engagements at local strongholds with varying results, but it all eventually resulted in the Russian alliance abandoning the siege attempt when French General G. Molitor appeared in the rear.^[4]

During the siege, Senyavin and French General Jacques Lauriston, who commanded in the city of Ragusa (now Dubrovnik), conducted extensive correspondence and even met in person.^[7]

Notes

1. in Dubrovnik^[1]
2. 12,000 Montenegrins and other maritimes.^[5]

References

1. Tarle 1954, p. 278.
2. Dictionnaire Napoléon, Jean Tulard, 1987
3. Bronevsky 2020, pp. 242–244.
4. Bronevsky 2020, p. 260.
5. Tarle 1954, p. 269.
6. "Dubrovnik - Destination Napoleon - European Federation of Napoleonic Cities". 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
7. Tarle 1954, pp. 268–283.

• Tarle, Y. V. (1954). Экспедиция адмирала Сенявина в Средиземное море. Сочинения. Vol. 10.
• Bronevsky, V. B. [in Russian] (2020). Notes from a naval officer in the continuation of the campaign in the Mediterranean Sea under the command of Vice Admiral Dmitry Nikolaevich Senyavin from 1805 to 1810. Vol. 1. Moscow, Berlin: Directmedia Publishing. ISBN 978-5-4499-0588-8.
• Dictionnaire Napoléon, Jean Tulard, 1987