✦ History

Part of Peninsular War

Battle of Tudela

November 23, 1808 · Tudela

Result French victory

Marshal Lannes defeated the Spanish army of Castaños in Navarre. The defeat opened the road to Madrid for Napoleon.

On the map Contemporaries

French Empire and allies

Coalition

France
Poland
Duchy of Warsaw
Spain
Michel Ney military commander Jean Lannes military commander Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes military commander
Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén military commander José Rebolledo de Palafox, 1st Duke of Saragossa military commander Juan O'Neylle military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
35,000c. 35,000
Casualties
700c. 700
Guns
c. 60
Strength
45,000c. 45,000
Casualties
6,000c. 6,000
Captured
c. 3,000
Guns
c. 45
Guns lost
c. 26