Juan Carlos Aréizaga

Juan Carlos Aréizaga
Juan Carlos Aréizaga
Born	17 January 1756; Fuenterrabía, Guipúzcoa
Died	18 March 1820 (aged 64); Tolosa, Guipúzcoa
Allegiance	Spain
Battles/wars	Spanish–Algerian war Invasion of Algiers; ; War of the Pyrenees; Peninsular War Battle of Tudela; Battle of Alcañiz; Battle of María; Battle of Belchite; Battle of Ocaña; ;

Juan Carlos Aréizaga y Alduncín (1756–1820) was a Spanish military commander.

Many historians of the Peninsular War, including Gómez de Arteche, Toreno, Clonard and Oman, agree that, while not questioning Aréizaga's personal courage, he lacked the necessary skills required of a general.

Oman was especially scathing in his assessment of Aréizaga's command at Ocaña:

Even allowing for the fact that Areizaga had been the victim of the Junta's insensate resolve to make an offensive movement on Madrid, it is impossible to speak with patience of his generalship. For a combination of rashness and vacillation it excels that of any other Spanish general during the whole war. (Oman 1903: p. 96.)

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