Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign

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military campaign offensive operation

Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign was a major British-led offensive in the Peninsular War that broke French dominance in western Spain and paved the way for the liberation of Madrid.

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Label	Occurrences
Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign canonical	2
Wellington’s 1812 campaign in northern Spain	1
Wellington’s 1812 campaign in the Peninsular War	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ offensive operation ⓘ
belligerent	British Army ⓘ Portuguese Army ⓘ Spanish forces ⓘ
commander	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ Marshal Auguste de Marmont ⓘ
conflict	Peninsular War ⓘ
countryInvolved	France ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
effectOnOpponent	forced French withdrawal from Madrid ⓘ weakened French control over central Spain ⓘ
followedBy	Wellington’s 1813 Vitoria campaign ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Salamanca ⓘ Siege of Badajoz ⓘ Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo ⓘ advance on Madrid ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
location	Castile and León ⓘ around Salamanca ⓘ western Spain ⓘ
militaryTheater	Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
namedAfter	Salamanca ⓘ surface form: city of Salamanca
notableEngagement	Battle of Salamanca ⓘ Siege of Badajoz ⓘ Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo ⓘ
opponent	Anglo-Portuguese Army ⓘ surface form: Army of Portugal First French Empire ⓘ surface form: French Empire
outcome	collapse of French dominance in western Spain ⓘ liberation of Madrid ⓘ
partOf	Peninsular War ⓘ
precededBy	winter operations of 1811–1812 in the Peninsular War ⓘ
primaryCommanderSide	Anglo-Portuguese Army ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
significance	demonstrated Wellington’s operational skill in maneuver warfare ⓘ major turning point in the Peninsular War ⓘ
startTime	1812 ⓘ
strategicObjective	drive French forces from western Spain ⓘ open the road to Madrid ⓘ
supportedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government Portuguese Regency Government ⓘ Spanish guerrilla forces ⓘ
typeOfAction	coalition offensive ⓘ
year	1812 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Salamanca → campaign → Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign ⓘ

Siege of Badajoz (1812) → partOfCampaign → Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wellington’s 1812 campaign in the Peninsular War

Siege of Burgos → campaign → Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wellington’s 1812 campaign in northern Spain

Battle of Los Arapiles → campaign → Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign ⓘ