Battle of Los Arapiles

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The Battle of Los Arapiles, better known in English as the Battle of Salamanca, was a major 1812 Peninsular War engagement in which the Duke of Wellington decisively defeated French forces near Salamanca, Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars battle ⓘ
Peninsular War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Salamanca ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
Spanish forces ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
campaign Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign ⓘ
combatantSide Anglo‑Portuguese‑Spanish army ⓘ
French Army of Portugal ⓘ
commander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Edward Pakenham ⓘ
Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1771) ⓘ
linked to: Henry Clinton

Jean-Pierre François Bonet ⓘ
Marshal Auguste de Marmont ⓘ
Marshal Bertrand Clausel ⓘ
Maximilien Foy ⓘ
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Graham
conflict Peninsular War ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
date 22 July 1812 ⓘ
englishName Battle of Salamanca ⓘ
followedBy Allied advance on Madrid ⓘ
FrenchCommanderWounded Auguste de Marmont ⓘ
Bertrand Clausel ⓘ
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era ⓘ
location Castile and León ⓘ
Salamanca Province ⓘ
near Salamanca, Spain ⓘ
namedAfter Los Arapiles hills ⓘ
linked to: Arapiles hills
notableTactic Wellington’s surprise flank attack on the French left ⓘ
outcome French Army of Portugal heavily damaged ⓘ
partOf Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Peninsular War ⓘ
precededBy Siege of Badajoz (1812) ⓘ
Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo ⓘ
result decisive Anglo‑Portuguese victory ⓘ
defeat of French forces ⓘ
spanishName Batalla de los Arapiles ⓘ
strategicSignificance forced French retreat from much of western Spain ⓘ
opened the road to Madrid for Wellington ⓘ
weakened French control in Spain ⓘ
terrainFeature Arapiles hills ⓘ
theatre Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
year 1812 ⓘ

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Battle of Salamanca → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Los Arapiles ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca → alsoKnownAs → Batalla de los Arapiles ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Los Arapiles
Battle of Los Arapiles → spanishName → Batalla de los Arapiles ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Los Arapiles