Peninsular War (1808-1814). Catalonia. Siege of Gerona (6 May 1809). Feat of Sub-lieutenant Mariano Montoro, from the Vich volunteers. On 3 July 1809, during the French artillery attack on Montjuic Castle, a Spanish flag was hit by French cannon fire and fell into the moat, whereupon Sub-lieutenant Montoro went down to pick it up and hoisted it up again, nailing it to the top of the castle. Illustration by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

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