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Battle of Vitoria

BelligerentsFranceBonapartist SpainUnited KingdomPortugalSpainCommanders and leadersJoseph IJean-Baptiste JourdanHonoré GazanComte d'ErlonHonoré Charles ReilleMarquess of WellingtonLord DalhousieSir Thomas GrahamSir Rowland HillSir Thomas PictonLowry ColeFrancisco de LongaPablo MorilloMiguel Ricardo de ÁlavaStrength 57,000–60,000153 guns: 57,000: 16,000: 8,000 Total Allied strength:81,000–90,000 96 gunsCasualties and losses756 killed4,414 wounded2,800 captured151 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 capturedTotal Allied casualties:5,158At 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.

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