Siege of Riga

 

Our napoleonic campaign continues with the siege of Riga. The garrison of this baltic city has been left behind by the russian general retrerat, and now is under siege from a combined prussian and polish army undet the overall command of marshal Macdonald. 

On late july the imperials begin to dig their trenches

Wich sneak their  way towards Riga under heavy artillery fire

Some guns are dragged into the siege works and moved forwards

The defenders do not remain idle, and a sortie repels a prussian column

In early july the first parallel is dug up right in front of the walls

A russian mine blows up under the trenches killing some prussians

Wich are then pushed back by another sortie

Besiegers and defenders trade shots over no man's land

By now the imperial mines have reached the fortifications

Opening several breaches in them

Without a moment to lose poles and germans launch two assaults on the bastions

But all of them are pushed back, and even Macdonald is killed 

The defenders make another sortie and destroy several guns

The last remanants of the imperial army try fruitlessly to shift the russians from their defences

But the destruction of the last siege battery puts an end to their hopes

Hurrah, Riga stands!