Wellington’s 1813 Vitoria campaign

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Wellington’s 1813 Vitoria campaign was a major British-led offensive in the Peninsular War that culminated in the decisive Battle of Vitoria, driving French forces from much of Spain and breaking Napoleon’s control there.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
offensive operation ⓘ
aim to break French logistical and political control in Spain ⓘ
to drive French forces from northern Spain ⓘ
AlliedPoliticalObjective to restore Spanish independence from French control ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
Spanish forces ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
commandStructure Anglo-Portuguese Army ⓘ
conflict Peninsular War ⓘ
culminatedIn Battle of Vitoria ⓘ
dateOfCulminatingBattle 1813-06-21 ⓘ
endDate 1813-06-21 ⓘ
followedBy Allied advance into the Pyrenees ⓘ
Battles of the Pyrenees ⓘ
FrenchPoliticalObjective to maintain Joseph Bonaparte on the Spanish throne ⓘ
hasCommander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ⓘ
Joseph Bonaparte ⓘ
hasMajorBattle Battle of Vitoria ⓘ
historicalPeriod Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
involvedForce British Army ⓘ
French Imperial troops ⓘ
Portuguese Army ⓘ
Spanish regular troops ⓘ
location Basque Country ⓘ
around Vitoria-Gasteiz ⓘ
northern Spain ⓘ
namedAfter Battle of Vitoria ⓘ
notableEvent capture of large French baggage train at Vitoria ⓘ
disruption of French lines of communication in Spain ⓘ
opponent French Army of the North ⓘ
opposedKing Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Joseph Bonaparte
opposedRuler Napoleon I ⓘ
partOf Peninsular War ⓘ
precededBy Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign ⓘ
primaryAlliedLeader Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
French retreat from most of Spain ⓘ
collapse of French control in Spain ⓘ
startDate 1813-05 ⓘ
strategicEffect opened the way for Allied invasion of France ⓘ
weakened Napoleon’s position in the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
theatre Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Spanish theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ

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Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign → followedBy → Wellington’s 1813 Vitoria campaign ⓘ
Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria → alternativeTitle → Wellington’s Victory ⓘ
linked to: Wellington’s 1813 Vitoria campaign
Battle of the Pyrenees → partOf → Wellington’s 1813 campaign in northern Spain ⓘ
linked to: Wellington’s 1813 Vitoria campaign