✦ History

Part of Peninsular War

Battle of Vitoria

June 21, 1813 · Battle of Vitoria

Result Coalition victory

Wellington routed King Joseph's army and ended French rule in Spain.

On the map Contemporaries

Coalition

French Empire and allies

Portugal
United Kingdom
Spain
France
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington military commander George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie military commander Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch military commander Pablo Morillo military commander Francisco de Longa military commander Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill military commander
Joseph Bonaparte military commander Jean-Baptiste Jourdan military commander Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière military commander Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 90,000
Casualties
c. 5,200
Missing
c. 300
Guns
c. 90

Spain Strength 8,000 · Casualties 562

Strength
c. 60,000
Casualties
c. 6,800
Missing
c. 800
Guns
c. 144
Guns lost
c. 143

Units

Anglo-Portuguese Army Wellington's army in the Peninsula (1809–1814) 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
French Army of Portugal (1810–1813)