Battle of the Nive
| Battle of the Nive | |||||||
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| Part of the Peninsular War and the War of the Sixth Coalition | |||||||
A map of the 1813 Battle of the Nive | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| French Empire |
United Kingdom Portugal Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Jean-de-Dieu Soult |
Arthur Wellesley Luís do Rego | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 50,000 | 70,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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5,400 killed or wounded 600 captured 16 guns |
4,600 killed or wounded 500 captured | ||||||
The Battles of the Nive (9–13 December 1813) were fought towards the end of the Peninsular War. Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese and Spanish army defeated Marshal Nicolas Soult's French army on French soil in a series of battles near the city of Bayonne.
Unusually, for most of the battle, Wellington remained with the Reserve delegating command to his senior Lieutenant-Generals Rowland Hill and John Hope.