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Siege of Barcelona Besiegers Press Forward Amid Heavy Casualties
Reports from Camp before Barcelona detail Berwick ordering retreat under Bastion Saint Claire as siege tightens. Daily losses total 1 947 over 14 to 18 August with officers and engineers among the dead and wounded. Deserters claim 1 500 casualties in storming attempts. supplies arrive from Alicant. Catalina Catalan relief forces assemble near Ferraje.
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Sieur de Poiastron
Don Joseph Matas
Carlos Ribera
Geronimo Salvador
Don Francisco de Je Velos
Magix Ninot
Geronimo Gendres
Sigur Limas
Don Antonio Berardo Marcis de Montenegro
Don Joseph Vega
Lilnas
Dion Antonio Berardo
Sieur de Asturias
Sieur Vicentelle
Duke de Hagure
Sieur de Courses
Sieurs de ‘Warede
de Zecheren
Maor
de Alb2
Marthal of
Berwick
St. Claire
Sieurs de la Vera
d’Arpajon
de Sanzay
Courten
Defile
Siceurs de Murer
de Bourk
de Chos
Chevalier de Relves
Alicant
Regiment of
Orleans
Chevalier de Croix
Count d’Effevre
Sieurs de Caffre
del Puerto
Majorca
Boffigny
King’s Bridge
Marquis de Theuy
Martel
Ferraje