Battle of Vitoria

Battle of Vitoria
	Part of the Peninsular War
	; Painting by George Jones
Date	21 June 1813
Location	Vitoria, Vasconia, Spain42°51′N 2°41′W
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
France Bonapartist Spain;	United Kingdom; Portugal; Spain
Commanders and leaders
Joseph I; Jean-Baptiste Jourdan; Honoré Gazan; Count d'Erlon ; Honoré Charles Reille	Marquess of Wellington; Lord Dalhousie; Sir Thomas Graham; Sir Rowland Hill; Sir Thomas Picton ; Lowry Cole Miguel Ricardo de Álava; Francisco de Longa
Strength
57,000-60,000; 153 guns	: 57,000; : 16,000; : 8,000 Total Allied strength:; 81,000-90,000 ; 96 guns
Casualties and losses
756 killed; 4,414 wounded; 2,800 captured; 151 guns lost Total French casualties:; 7,970	: 3,675 killed, wounded or captured; : 921 killed, wounded or captured; : 562 killed, wounded or captured Total Allied casualties in detail:; 840 killed; 4,040 wounded ; 266 captured; Total Allied casualties:; 5,158
	Location within Spain

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.

Peninsular war: Spain

200km
125miles

Toulouse

12

Vitoria

11

Tordesillas

10

Burgos

9

Salamanca

8

Ciudad

7

Talavera

6

Corunna

5

Tudela

4

Bailén

3

Valencia

2

Madrid

1

current battle

Wellington in command

Wellington not in command

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