Battle of Valls

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Battle of Valls
Part of the Peninsular War
Date 25 February 1809 Location Valls, Spain Result French victory
Belligerents
French Empire	Spain
Commanders
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr	Theodor von Reding  †
Strength
13,350	10,540 infantry, 700 cavalry, 8 guns[1]
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed or wounded	1,400 killed or wounded, 1,600 captured

v • d • e Peninsular War Aragón and Catalonia, 1809–1814 Valls – Gerona – Alcañiz – María – Vich – Mollet – Villafranca – Lerida – Tortosa – Valls – 1st Tarragona – Saguntum – Valencia – Castalla – 2nd Tarragona

The Battle of Valls was fought on 25 February 1809, during the Peninsular War between a French force under Marshal Gouvion Saint-Cyr and a Spanish force under General Reding. Fought near the town of Valls in Catalonia Spain, the battle ended in a French victory. The Spanish commander, General Reding, was fatally wounded during a cavalry charge against French cavalry.

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• Chandler, David G. The Campaigns of Napoleon. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. ISBN 0-02-523660-1
• Gates, David. The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. Da Capo Press 2001. ISBN 0-306-81083-2
• Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.

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