Battle of the Nive

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Battle of the Nive
Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition
A map of the 1813 Battle of the Nive
Date 9–13 December 1813 Location Bayonne, French Empire 43°27′23″N 1°29′21″W / 43.4563°N 1.4892°W / 43.4563; -1.4892 Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
French Empire	United Kingdom Portugal Spain
Commanders and leaders
Jean-de-Dieu Soult	Arthur Wellesley Luís do Rego
Strength
50,000[1]	70,000[1]
Casualties and losses
5,400 killed or wounded 600 captured 16 guns [1]	4,600 killed or wounded 500 captured[1]
class=notpageimage| Location within Europe

Peninsular War:
Campaign in south-west France

50km
30miles

Bayonne

7

Toulouse

6

5

4

Nive

3

2

1

  

  current battle

The Battles of the Nive (9–13 December 1813) were fought towards the end of the Peninsular War. Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese and Spanish army defeated Marshal Nicolas Soult's French army on French soil in a series of battles near the city of Bayonne.

Unusually, for most of the battle, Wellington remained with the Reserve delegating command to his senior Lieutenant-Generals Rowland Hill and John Hope.