French Army of Spain under Marshal Soult

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The French Army of Spain under Marshal Soult was a major Napoleonic field force operating in the Peninsular War, commanded by Marshal Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult in campaigns across Spain and into the Pyrenees.

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French Army of Spain under Marshal Soult canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French imperial army formation ⓘ
Napoleonic field army ⓘ
allegiance Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon I
approximateActivePeriod 1808–1814 ⓘ
belligerentAgainst British Army ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Portuguese Army ⓘ
Spanish guerrillas ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
branch French Army ⓘ
campaign Andalusian campaign ⓘ
French invasion of Portugal (1809) ⓘ
Galicia campaign ⓘ
Pyrenees campaign ⓘ
commander Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult ⓘ
linked to: Nicolas Soult
commanderRank Marshal of the Empire ⓘ
component artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
conflict Peninsular War ⓘ
country First French Empire ⓘ
historicalEra Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
languageOfCommand French ⓘ
namedAfter Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult ⓘ
linked to: Nicolas Soult
notableEngagement Battle of Albuera ⓘ
Battle of Corunna ⓘ
Battle of Oporto ⓘ
Battle of San Marcial ⓘ
Battle of Sorauren ⓘ
Battle of Talavera campaign operations ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Talavera

Battle of the Pyrenees ⓘ
Second Battle of Porto ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Oporto

Siege of Badajoz (1811) ⓘ
Siege of Badajoz (1812) French operations ⓘ
opposedCommander Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Spanish General Francisco Ballesteros ⓘ
Spanish General Gregorio de la Cuesta ⓘ
William Carr Beresford ⓘ
partOf French Army in Spain ⓘ
Grande Armée ⓘ
role occupation of Spanish territory ⓘ
offensive operations in the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
support of Joseph Bonaparte’s rule in Spain ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Pyrenees ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
type combined arms force ⓘ

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Battle of the Pyrenees → commandStructure → French Army of Spain under Marshal Soult ⓘ