Battle of Vitoria

Battle of Vitoria
	Part of the Peninsular War and the War of the Sixth Coalition
	; The Battle of Vittoria by George Jones, 1822
Date	21 June 1813
Location	Vitoria, Vasconia, Spain42°51′N 2°41′W / 42.850°N 2.683°W
Result	Coalition victory
Belligerents
France Bonapartist Spain;	United Kingdom; Portugal; Spain
Commanders and leaders
Joseph I; Jean-Baptiste Jourdan; Honoré Gazan; Comte d'Erlon; Honoré Charles Reille;	Marquess of Wellington; Lord Dalhousie; Sir Thomas Graham; Sir Rowland Hill; Sir Thomas Picton; Lowry Cole; Francisco de Longa; Pablo Morillo; Miguel Ricardo de Álava;
Strength
57,000–60,000; 153 guns	: 57,000; : 16,000; : 8,000 Total Allied strength:; 81,000–90,000 ; 96 guns
Casualties and losses
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
	Location within Spain

220km
137miles

12

Toulouse

11

Vitoria

10

Tordesillas

9

Burgos

8

Salamanca

7

Ciudad

6

Talavera

5

Corunna

4

Tudela

3

Bailén

2

Valencia

1

Madrid

current battle

Wellington in command

Wellington not in command

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.