Battle of María
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The Battle of María (15 June 1809) saw a small Spanish army led by Joaquín Blake y Joyes face an Imperial French corps under
Louis Gabriel Suchet Louis-Gabriel Suchet (2 March 1770 – 3 January 1826), Duke of Albufera (french: Duc d'Albuféra), was a French Marshal of the Empire and one of the most successful commanders of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is regarded ...
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Background

The Spanish campaign in early 1809 started with the Battle of Uclés.


Battle

After an inconclusive contest earlier in the day, Suchet's cavalry made a decisive charge that resulted in a French victory. Though the Spanish right wing was crushed, the rest of Blake's army got away in fairly good order after abandoning most of its artillery.
María de Huerva María de Huerva is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 censusInstituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain) the municipality has a population of 2,125 inhabitants. María de Huerva is named after ...
is located southwest of
Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...
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. The action occurred during the
Peninsular War The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain ...
which was part of the larger struggle known as the
Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...
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Aftermath

The Spanish campaign in early 1809 proceeded with the French advance in Catalonia in the Battle of Belchite.


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* Battles of the Peninsular War Battles involving Spain Battles involving France Battle of María Battle of María June 1809 events Battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe {{France-battle-stub