Battle of Vitoria

Battle of Vitoria
Part of the Peninsular War

Painting by George Jones
Date21 June 1813[1]
Location42°51′N 2°41′W / 42.850°N 2.683°W / 42.850; -2.683
Result Coalition victory[1]
Belligerents

 France 

 United Kingdom
Kingdom of Portugal Portugal
Spain Spain
Commanders and leaders

Spain under Joseph Bonaparte Joseph I
First French Empire Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
First French Empire Honoré Gazan

First French Empire Count d'Erlon
First French Empire Honoré Charles Reille

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Marquess of Wellington
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Lord Dalhousie
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sir Thomas Graham
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sir Rowland Hill
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sir Thomas Picton
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Lowry Cole

Spain Miguel Ricardo de Álava
Spain Francisco de Longa
Strength
57,000-60,000[1]
153 guns

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: 57,000
Kingdom of Portugal: 16,000
Spain: 8,000


Total Allied strength:
81,000-90,000[1]
96 guns
Casualties and losses

756 killed
4,414 wounded
2,800 captured[2]
151 guns lost


Total French casualties:
7,970

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: 3,675 killed, wounded or captured
Kingdom of Portugal: 921 killed, wounded or captured
Spain: 562 killed, wounded or captured


Total Allied casualties in detail:
840 killed
4,040 wounded
266 captured[3]

Total Allied casualties:
5,158
Battle of Vitoria is located in Spain
Battle of Vitoria
Location within Spain
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At the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813), a British, Portuguese and Spanish army under the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, eventually leading to victory in the Peninsular War.

  1. ^ a b c d Bodart 1908, p. 452.
  2. ^ Gates (2002), p. 390.
  3. ^ Glover (2001), p. 243.

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