Battle of Alcañiz

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Battle of Alcañiz
Part of the Peninsular War
Date May 23, 1809 Location Alcañiz, west of Teruel, Spain Result Spanish victory
Combatants
France	Spain
Commanders
Louis Gabriel Suchet	Joaquín Blake
Strength
10,000 infantry, 800 cavalry	8,500 infantry, 500 cavalry
Casualties
1,500 dead or wounded	300 dead or wounded

Peninsular War: Second French Invasion, 1808–1809
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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• Batalla de Alcañiz
• Spanish Artillery Officers during the War of Independence