Battle of Belchite (1809)
The Battle of Belchite on 18 June 1809 saw a Franco-Polish corps led by Louis Gabriel Suchet fight a small Spanish army under Joaquín Blake y Joyes. Suchet's force won the battle when a lucky hit detonated a large part of the Spanish ammunition supply. The ensuing blast provoked Blake's soldiers into a panicky flight from the battlefield. The action was fought during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. Belchite is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Zaragoza.
| Battle of Belchite | |||||||
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| Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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French Empire Duchy of Warsaw | Kingdom of Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Louis Suchet | Joaquín Blake | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 13,000 | 12,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 200 | 2,000 | ||||||
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