French Empire Kingdom of Italy Duchy of Warsaw Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Louis Gabriel Suchet Giuseppe Palombini Józef Chłopicki Claude Compère
Joaquín Blake Charles O'Donnell Nicolás de Mahy Luis Andriani
Strength
18,000–20,000[1]
Blake: 23,000-28,000[1] Andriani: 2,663-3,000[1]
Casualties and losses
Battle: 1,000[1] Siege: 420–1,000[1]
Battle: 5,700-6,000[1] Siege: 2,663-3,000[1]
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Peninsular War Aragon and northeast Spain 1809–1814
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La Bisbal
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Massanet de Cabrenys
Valencia
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Altafulla
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2nd Tarragona
Santa Engracia
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The Battle of Saguntum (25 October 1811) saw the Imperial French Army of Aragon under Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet fighting a Spanish army led by Captain General Joaquín Blake. The Spanish attempt to raise the siege of the Sagunto Castle failed when the French, Italians, and Poles drove their troops off the battlefield in rout. The action took place during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. Sagunto lies a short distance from the east coast of Spain, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Valencia.[2]
Suchet invaded the province of Valencia in September 1811. He tried to quickly seize Sagunto Castle, but its garrison under Colonel Luis Andriani repulsed two attacks and the French-Allied army was forced to lay siege to the ancient fortress. When Blake's army advanced from Valencia to raise the siege, Suchet posted his somewhat smaller army to resist the Spanish. Blake's attack on Suchet's right flank went awry and soon the poorly-trained Spanish troops were fleeing. The Spanish troops attacking Suchet's left flank were made of sterner stuff, however, and the contest there was more severe. Finally, the Imperial troops gained the upper hand and put almost the entire Spanish army to flight. The garrison of Sagunto Castle soon surrendered and Blake's soldiers limped back to Valencia where they tried to put that city's defences in order.
^ abcdefghBodart 1908, p. 427.
^Esdaile 2003, pp. 372–374.
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