Battle of Alcañiz
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| Battle of Alcañiz | |||||||
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| Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| France | Spain | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Louis Gabriel Suchet | Joaquín Blake | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 infantry, 800 cavalry |
8,500 infantry, 500 cavalry |
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| Casualties | |||||||
| 1,500 dead or wounded | 300 dead or wounded | ||||||
| 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 Alcañiz resulted in the defeat of General Suchet's French army on May 23, 1809 by a Spanish force under General Blake.
The victory is creditable to General García Loigorri's superb command of the Spanish artillery, which allowed the French columns to close and then mauled them with well-directed salvos. Loigorri was later promoted to Field Marshal and became the first artillery officer ever to receive the San Fernando Cross.
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