Battle of María

Battle of María
	Part of the Peninsular War
Date	15 June 1809
Location	María de Huerva, Spain41°33′08″N 0°59′31″W / 41.5522°N 0.9919°W
Result	French victory
Belligerents
First French Empire	Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Louis Gabriel Suchet	Joaquín Blake
Units involved
III Corps	Army of Aragon
Strength
11,300; 12 guns	20,000; 23 guns
Casualties and losses
800	4,500; 20 guns

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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. 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 is located 17 kilometres (10.6 mi) southwest of Zaragoza, Spain. The action occurred during the Peninsular War which was part of the larger struggle known as the Napoleonic Wars.

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Bodart 1908, p. 407.

References[]

Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905). Retrieved 23 May 2021.

Further reading[]

Gates, David (2002). The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. London: Pimlico. ISBN 0-7126-9730-6.
Oman, Sir Charles William Chadwick (1902b). A History of the Peninsular War. Vol. II. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
remilitari (2020). "TLas Guerras Napoleónicas". Archived from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.

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