Battle of Valencia (1808)

Battle of Valencia
Part of the Peninsular War
El Crit del Palleter by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1884): "Yo, Vicent Doménech, un pobre palleter, li declare la guerra a Napoleó. ¡Vixca Ferran VII i mort als traïdors!" (I, Vicent Doménech, poor baker though I be, hereby declare war on Napoleon. Long live Ferdinand VII and death to traitors!)
Date 26–28 June 1808 Location Valencia, Spain 39°28′N 0°22′W / 39.467°N 0.367°W / 39.467; -0.367 Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain	French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Conde de Cervellón Felipe Augusto de Saint-Marcq	Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey
Strength
1,500 regulars, 6,500 militia, 12,000 civilians[1]	8,000-9,000 regulars[2][1]
Casualties and losses
unknown[1]	1,100-1,200 dead or wounded[2][1]

Peninsular war: Spain

200km
125miles

Toulouse

12

Vitoria

11

Tordesillas

10

Burgos

9

Salamanca

8

Ciudad

7

Talavera

6

Corunna

5

Tudela

4

Bailén

3

Valencia

2

Madrid

1

  

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The First Battle of Valencia was an attack on the Spanish city of Valencia on 26 June 1808, early in the Peninsular War. Marshal Moncey's French Imperial troops failed to take the city by storm and retreated upon Madrid, leaving much of eastern Spain unconquered and beyond the reach of Napoleon.^[3]