Battle of Sorauren

Battle of Sorauren
	Part of Peninsular War
	; Battle of the Pyrenees, July 28th 1813 by Thomas Sutherland
Date	28 July – 1 August 1813
Location	Sorauren, Navarre, Spain42.8758°N 1.6189°W
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; Portugal; Spain	French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington	Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Strength
24,000 men	30,000 men
Casualties and losses
2,600 dead or wounded	4,000 dead or wounded

The Battle of Sorauren was part of a series of engagements in late July 1813 called the Battle of the Pyrenees in which a combined British and Portuguese force under Sir Arthur Wellesley held off Marshal Soult's French forces attempting to relieve Pamplona.

Peninsular War
Vitoria and the Pyrenees, 1813–1814

50km
30miles

San Marcial

8

Maya

7

Pyrenees

6

San Sebastián

5

Pamplona

4

Tolosa

3

Vitoria

2

San Millan

1

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