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Battle of Vitoria

At the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813), a British, Portuguese and Spanish army under the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, eventually leading to victory in the Peninsular War.

Battle of Vitoria
Battle of Vitoria · Zarateman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
21 Jun 1813
Where
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Era
Modern

Topics

Napoleonic Wars1803 – 1815Spain264 BCE – todayKingdom of Spain1683 – 1873

Before and after

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