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Battle of Salamanca

July 22, 1812 · Battle of Salamanca

Result Coalition victory

Wellington caught Marmont's Army of Portugal strung out and routed it.

On the map Contemporaries

French Empire and allies

Coalition

France

United Kingdom

Portugal

Spain

Auguste de Marmont military commander

Jean Pierre François Bonet military commander

Bertrand Clausel military commander

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 42,000c. 42,000
Casualties: 13,000c. 17,000
Captured: c. 7,000
Guns: 78c. 74
Guns lost: 20c. 11

Strength: 46,000–51,949c. 46,000
Casualties: c. 5,200
Guns: c. 60

United Kingdom Casualties 3,129

Portugal Casualties 2,038

Spain Casualties 6

Units

French Army of Portugal (1810–1813)

Anglo-Portuguese Army Wellington's army in the Peninsula (1809–1814) 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 6th (UK) Division