Battle of Sorauren

Battle of Sorauren
Part of Peninsular War

Battle of the Pyrenees, July 28th 1813 by Thomas Sutherland
Date28 July – 1 August 1813
Location
Sorauren, Navarre, Spain
42°52′33″N 1°37′08″W / 42.8758°N 1.6189°W / 42.8758; -1.6189
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom
Portugal
Spain		 French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Strength
24,000 men 30,000 men
Casualties and losses
2,600 dead or wounded 4,000 dead or wounded
Peninsular War
Vitoria and the Pyrenees, 1813–1814
50km
31miles
8
San Marcial
7
Maya
6
Pyrenees
5
San Sebastián
4
Pamplona
3
Tolosa
2
Vitoria
1
San Millan

The Battle of Sorauren was part of a series of engagements in late July 1813 called the Battle of the Pyrenees in which a combined British and Portuguese force under Sir Arthur Wellesley held off Marshal Soult's French forces attempting to relieve Pamplona.

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