Battle of Valls
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| Battle of Valls | |||||||
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| Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| First French Empire | Spain | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Marshal Gouvion St. Cry | Theodor von Redding † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ca 13,000 | 12,000 Infantry, 700 Cavalry, 8 cannons |
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| Casualties | |||||||
| 1,000 killed or wounded | 1,400 killed or wounded, 1,600 captured, 8 cannons lost, Several standards lost |
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| Peninsular War: Second French Invasion, 1808–1809 |
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| Pancorbo – Valmaseda – Burgos – Espinosa – Tudela – Somosierra – Sahagún – Saragossa – Castellón – Uclés – Corunna – Valls – Villafranca – Ciudad-Real – Medellín – Porto – Gerona – Grijo – Lugo – 2nd Porto – Alcañiz – San Payo – María – Talavera – Almonacid – Tamamés – Hostalrich – Torres Vedras – Ocana – Alba de Tormes |
The Battle of Valls was fought on 25 February 1809, during the Peninsular War between a Franco-Italian Force under Marshal Gouvion St. Cry and a Spanish force under General Reding. Fought near the town of Valls in Catalonia Spain, the battle ended in a Franco-Italian victory. The Spanish commander, General Reding, was fatally wounded during a cavalry charge against French cavalry.
[edit] References
- Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.
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