Battle of Orthes

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The Battle of Orthez was a major engagement of the Peninsular War in February 1814, in which Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese forces defeated Marshal Soult’s French army in southwestern France.

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Battle of Orthes canonical 1
Battle of Toulouse 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alliedForce Anglo-Portuguese Army
British Army
Portuguese Army
belligerent French Empire
linked to: First French Empire

Kingdom of Portugal
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
campaign Invasion of southwestern France (1813–1814)
combatantStrength Allied army numerically superior to French army
commander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
linked to: Nicolas Soult
conflict Peninsular War
country France
date 27 February 1814
datePrecision day
era Napoleonic era
followedBy Battle of Toulouse
linked to: Battle of Orthes
hasCommanderRole Soult commanded French forces
Wellington commanded Anglo-Portuguese forces
hasParticipant Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
British Army
French Army
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
linked to: Nicolas Soult

Portuguese Army
locatedOn Gave de Pau River
month February 1814
notableFor Wellington’s advance into France
defeat of Marshal Soult’s French army
opposingCommander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
linked to: Nicolas Soult
opposingForce French Army of the Pyrenees
outcome French forces retreated northward
partOf Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
place Orthez
precededBy Battle of Nivelle
Battle of the Nive
region southwestern France
result Allied victory
theatre Iberian Peninsula
year 1814

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Robert Ross battle Battle of Orthes
Battle of Orthez followedBy Battle of Toulouse
subject linked to: Battle of Orthes
linked to: Battle of Orthes