Topic summary
Battle of Vitoria
United Kingdom
Portugal
Spain153 guns
: 57,000
: 16,000
: 8,000
Total Allied strength:
81,000–90,000
96 guns
756 killed
4,414 wounded
2,800 captured
151 guns lost
Total French casualties:
7,970
: 3,675 killed, wounded or captured
: 921 killed, wounded or captured
: 562 killed, wounded or captured
Total Allied casualties in detail:
840 killed
4,040 wounded
266 captured
Total Allied casualties:
5,158
At the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813), a British, Portuguese and Spanish army under the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, eventually leading to victory in the Peninsular War.