Battle of Valencia (1808)
| Battle of Valencia | |||||||
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| Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
El Crit del Palleter by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1884): "Yo, Vicent Doménech, un pobre palleter, li declare la guerra a Napoleó. ¡Vixca Ferran VII i mort als traïdors!" (I, Vicent Doménech, poor baker though I be, hereby declare war on Napoleon. Long live Ferdinand VII and death to traitors!) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Spain | French Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Conde de Cervellón Felipe Augusto de Saint-Marcq | Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1,500 regulars, 6,500 militia, 12,000 civilians | 8,000–9,000 regulars | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 1,100–1,200 dead or wounded | ||||||
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Peninsular War: Spain
220km
137miles
137miles
12
Toulouse
11
Vitoria
10
Tordesillas
9
Burgos
8
Salamanca
7
Ciudad
6
Talavera
5
Corunna
4
Tudela
3
Bailén
2
Valencia
1
Madrid
current battle
Wellington in command
Wellington not in command
The First Battle of Valencia was an attack on the Spanish city of Valencia on 26 June 1808, early in the Peninsular War. Marshal Moncey's French Imperial troops failed to take the city by storm and retreated upon Madrid, leaving much of eastern Spain unconquered and beyond the reach of Napoleon.