Peninsular War Aragon and northeast Spain 1809–1814
Castelló d'Empúries
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Monzón
2nd Molins de Rei
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Alcañiz
María
Belchite
Hostalrich
Mollet
Vic
Manresa
Lérida
Mequinenza
San Quintín
La Bisbal
Tortosa
El Pla
1st Tarragona
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Figueras
Cervera
Saguntum
Massanet de Cabrenys
Valencia
Alicante
Altafulla
1st Castalla
2nd Castalla
2nd Tarragona
Santa Engracia
3rd Zaragoza
Ordal
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In the Battle of Castalla on 13 April 1813, an Anglo-Spanish-Sicilian force commanded by Lieutenant General Sir John Murray fought Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet's French Army of Valencia and Aragon. Murray's troops successfully repelled a series of French attacks on their hilltop position, causing Suchet to retreat. The action took place during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. Castalla is located 35 kilometers north-northwest of Alicante, Spain.
General Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington wanted to prevent Suchet from reinforcing the other French armies in Spain. He ordered, Murray, whose army had been built up to over 18,000 Allied troops, to accomplish this purpose. Murray's maneuvers were ineffective and prompted Suchet to lash out at his force. The French marshal fell upon a nearby Spanish force, beating it with heavy losses. Suchet then focused on crushing Murray. One of the British brigadiers, Frederick Adam conducted a rear guard action on 12 April, allowing Murray to draw up his army in a formidable defensive position near Castalla. On the 13th, Suchet's frontal attacks were repulsed with heavy losses by British troops under Adam and John Mackenzie and by Spanish troops led by Samuel Ford Whittingham. The French withdrew and Murray did not follow up his victory.
^ abcdefBodart 1908, p. 448.
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