Battle of Salamanca

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Salamanca was a major 1812 engagement in the Peninsular War in which the Duke of Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese army decisively defeated French forces, significantly weakening Napoleon’s control over Spain.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
aftermath	Allied forces entered Madrid in August 1812 →
alsoKnownAs	Batalla de los Arapiles → Battle of Los Arapiles →
belligerent	First French Empire → Kingdom of Portugal → Spanish forces → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
campaign	Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign →
casualtiesAndLosses	approximately 13,000 French casualties → approximately 5,000 Allied casualties →
commander	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington → Marshal Auguste de Marmont → Marshal Bertrand Clausel →
commanderSide	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Allied) → Auguste de Marmont (French) → Bertrand Clausel (French) →
conflictIn	Napoleonic Wars →
countryAtTime	Kingdom of Spain →
date	22 July 1812 →
followedBy	Allied advance on Madrid →
forceStrength	about 48,000 Anglo-Portuguese troops → about 50,000 French troops →
historicalPeriod	early 19th century →
location	Castile and León → Spain → near Salamanca →
notableUnit	British 3rd Division → British 5th Division → Portuguese brigades under Wellington’s command →
opponentOf	Army of Portugal (French) → Duke of Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese army →
partOf	Peninsular War →
precededBy	Siege of Badajoz (1812) → Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812) →
relatedWork	depicted in various Peninsular War histories →
result	Allied victory →
significance	decisive defeat of a major French field army in Spain → forced French evacuation of Madrid → severely weakened French control over central Spain →
strategicObjective	to drive French forces from western and central Spain →
tacticalFeature	Wellington exploited a gap in the French left flank → series of sudden Allied counterattacks →
terrainFeature	fought around the Arapiles hills →
theatre	Iberian Peninsula →
year	1812 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington → Napoleonic Wars →	notableBattle