Under Siege! Season 1 Episode 2 Ciudad Rodrigo 1812: Breaching the Walls

The bloody Peninsular War, which lasted from 1807 to 1814 saw the great British commanders consistently defeat the best French generals in Napoleon's armies in a series of famous pitched battles. But here at Cuidad Rodrigo, there was a very different type of fight - the bloody business of siege warfare - where civilians and soldiers share the same conditions and privations.