Battle of María
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Battle of María | |||||||
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Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
First French Empire | Kingdom of Spain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Louis Gabriel Suchet | Joaquín Blake | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
III Corps | Army of Aragon | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
11,300[1] 12 guns[1] |
20,000[1] 23 guns[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
800[1] |
4,500[1] 20 guns[1] |
The Battle of María (15 June 1809) saw a small Spanish army led by Joaquín Blake y Joyes face an Imperial French corps under Louis Gabriel Suchet.
Background
[edit]The Spanish campaign in early 1809 started with the Battle of Uclés.
Battle
[edit]After an inconclusive contest earlier in the day, Suchet's cavalry made a decisive charge that resulted in a French victory. Though the Spanish right wing was crushed, the rest of Blake's army got away in fairly good order after abandoning most of its artillery. María de Huerva is located 17 kilometres (10.6 mi) southwest of Zaragoza, Spain. The action occurred during the Peninsular War which was part of the larger struggle known as the Napoleonic Wars.
Aftermath
[edit]The Spanish campaign in early 1809 proceeded with the French advance in Catalonia in the Battle of Belchite.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Gates, David (2002). The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. London: Pimlico. ISBN 0-7126-9730-6.
- Oman, Sir Charles William Chadwick (1902b). A History of the Peninsular War. Vol. II. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- remilitari (2020). "TLas Guerras Napoleónicas". Archived from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Battle of María at Wikimedia Commons
Preceded by Battle of Raab |
Napoleonic Wars Battle of María |
Succeeded by Battle of Graz |