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Battle of Vitoria

Battle of Vitoria was a battle fought on 21 June 1813 at Vitoria-Gasteiz, in what is now Spain. It was part of the Peninsular War, which ran from 1808 to 1814. The recorded result: Coalition victory. Recorded strength: 57,000–60,000; 153 guns against 57,000; 16,000; : 8,000; ----Total Allied strength: 81,000–90,000; 96 guns.

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Museo de Armería de Álava, Vitoria-Gasteiz, País Vasco, España. La maqueta reproduce el enfrentamiento de las tropas aliadas y francesas por la posesión del puente Momario sobre el Zadorra, a la altur
Museo de Armería de Álava, Vitoria-Gasteiz, País Vasco, España. La maqueta reproduce el enfrentamiento de las tropas aliadas y francesas por la posesión del puente Momario sobre el Zadorra, a la altur. Zarateman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date21 June 1813
PlaceVitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
42.850N, 2.683W
Part ofPeninsular War (1808 to 1814)
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
ResultCoalition victory
BelligerentsFirst French Empire; Bonapartist SpainUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Portugal; Spain
CommandersJoseph I; Jean-Baptiste Jourdan; Honoré Gazan; Comte d'Erlon; Honoré Charles ReilleMarquess of Wellington; Lord Dalhousie; Sir Thomas Graham; Sir Rowland Hill; Sir Thomas Picton; Lowry Cole; Francisco de Longa; Pablo Morillo; Miguel Ricardo de Álava
Strength57,000–60,000; 153 guns57,000; 16,000; : 8,000; ----Total Allied strength: 81,000–90,000; 96 guns
Casualties and losses756 killed; 4,414 wounded; 2,800 captured; 151 guns lost; ----Total French casualties: 7,9703,675 killed, wounded or captured; 921 killed, wounded or captured; 562 killed, wounded or captured; ----Total Allied casualties in detail: 840 killed; 4,040 wounded; 266 captured; ----Total Allied casualties: 5,158
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Battle of Vitoria is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 813 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q276059, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Vitoria, revision 1380562352, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.