Invasion of southwestern France (1813–1814)

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The Invasion of southwestern France (1813–1814) was a late Napoleonic War campaign in which Allied forces under the Duke of Wellington crossed into France from Spain, defeating French armies and pushing toward Toulouse.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
campaignEndContext took place shortly before Napoleon’s first abdication ⓘ
combatantCommander Eloi Charlemagne Taupin ⓘ
Jean Isidore Harispe ⓘ
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill ⓘ
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch ⓘ
William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Beresford
commander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Marshal Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult ⓘ
linked to: Nicolas Soult
crossedFrom Spain ⓘ
crossedInto France ⓘ
endTime 1814 ⓘ
followedBy occupation of parts of southern France by Allied forces ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Bayonne ⓘ
Battle of Orthez ⓘ
Battle of Toulouse ⓘ
Battle of the Nive ⓘ
Battle of the Nivelle ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nivelle
historicalPeriod late Napoleonic era ⓘ
involvedForceType British Army ⓘ
French Imperial Army ⓘ
Portuguese Army ⓘ
Spanish Army ⓘ
location France ⓘ
Pyrenees region ⓘ
linked to: Pyrénées region

southwestern France ⓘ
notableEngagement Allied crossing of the Nivelle River ⓘ
fighting around Bayonne ⓘ
objective to capture Toulouse ⓘ
to carry the war from Spain into French territory ⓘ
to defeat Marshal Soult’s Army of the Pyrenees ⓘ
opponent Army of the Pyrenees (French) ⓘ
partOf Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Peninsular War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Vitoria ⓘ
primaryAxisOfAdvance through the Pyrenees into the Adour and Garonne river valleys ⓘ
toward Toulouse ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
startTime 1813 ⓘ
strategicSignificance contributed to the collapse of Napoleon’s control in Western Europe ⓘ
opened French territory to Allied armies from the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
theatre Western European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ

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Battle of Orthez → campaign → Invasion of southwestern France (1813–1814) ⓘ
subject linked to: Battle of Orthes
Battle of Orthez → theatre → southwestern France campaign of the Peninsular War ⓘ
linked to: Invasion of southwestern France (1813–1814)