The final battle of our peninsular minicampaign. After defeating the spanish defenders at el Bruc, Zaragoza and Roses the imperials attack the city of Girona, a vital crossroads on the way to France.
Led by Álvarez de Castro the defenders stand ready to protect Inmortal Girona from the antichrist's atheist hordes
On the other side of the plain Saint Cyr and the french survey this last bastion of the spanish patriots
And the siege begins! Under artillery fire the french begin to dig their approaches
The spanish react by opening mines and throwing out the guns
As the trenches inch their way forwards, Saint Cyr sends a division of swiss to brush off the artillery
Having destroyed the guns the swiss begin to dig a mine, but are routed in an underground battle with the spanish miners
Finally, after a month and a half of siege the first breach is opened in the curtain wall
In the next week the heavy guns blow open the gates
And three divisons of imperial troops are unleashed into the breaches
While his men take the walls and rout the defenders, Augereau is killed in the assault
The swiss also wipe out the militia and cross the walls
The fight for the Torre Gironella is way harder, defenders and besiegers exchanging fire while a mine blows open a steep breach in the rampart
A mauled french unit tries their luck once the garrison has been killed, but to no avail
Finally it is a division of converged grenadiers who takes the bastion from the back
Killing de Castro too
This assault puts an end to the battle, as the imperials enter the city in unsurmountable numbers
That's all folks, see you next season after vacations
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