Battle of Vitoria

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Vitoria was a decisive 1813 engagement in the Peninsular War in which Allied forces under the Duke of Wellington defeated the French, effectively ending Napoleon’s control over Spain.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Vitoria canonical	11
Battle of Vittoria	5
The Battle of Vitoria	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alliedCommander	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Vitoria ⓘ surface form: Battle of Vittoria
associatedWith	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ⓘ Joseph Bonaparte ⓘ
belligerent	First French Empire ⓘ Portugal ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Portugal Spanish forces ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
campaign	Peninsular campaign of 1813 ⓘ
combatantStrength	Allied army larger than 70,000 men (approximate) ⓘ French army around 50,000–70,000 men (approximate) ⓘ
commander	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ⓘ Joseph Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: King Joseph Bonaparte
conflict	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryInvolved	France ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
date	21 June 1813 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of the Pyrenees ⓘ
frenchCommander	Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ⓘ Joseph Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: King Joseph Bonaparte
historicalPeriod	Napoleonic era ⓘ
location	Basque Country ⓘ Spain ⓘ Vitoria ⓘ Álava ⓘ
notable	Decisive defeat of French forces in the Peninsular War ⓘ
notableFor	Allied attack along multiple axes ⓘ French army’s disorganized retreat ⓘ Large quantities of French baggage and treasure captured ⓘ
partOf	Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ surface form: Peninsular War
precededBy	Siege of Burgos ⓘ
relatedWork	Ludwig van Beethoven’s composition "Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria" ⓘ Wellington’s dispatches on the Battle of Vitoria ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
significance	Contributed to weakening Napoleon’s overall strategic position in Europe ⓘ Turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon ⓘ
strategicEffect	Ended effective French control over most of Spain ⓘ Forced French retreat toward the Pyrenees ⓘ Opened the way for Allied invasion of France ⓘ
theatre	Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
year	1813 ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Napoleonic Wars → notableBattle → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

Robert Ross → battle → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Vittoria

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington → notableBattle → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

Battle of Vitoria → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Vittoria

13th Light Dragoons → battle → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Vittoria

Edward Pakenham → notableBattle → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

The Iron Duke → battle → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere → participantIn → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Vittoria

Ludwig van Beethoven’s composition "Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria" → alternativeTitle → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

subject surface form: Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria

this entity surface form: The Battle of Vitoria

Ludwig van Beethoven’s composition "Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria" → subject → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

subject surface form: Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria

Ludwig van Beethoven’s composition "Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria" → historicalEventDepicted → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

subject surface form: Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria

British 3rd Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

Battle of the Pyrenees → precededBy → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

Peregrine Maitland → battle → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

Vitoria → hasEvent → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

subject surface form: Vitoria-Gasteiz

Sir Henry Hardinge → participatedIn → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

Durham Light Infantry → notableEngagement → Battle of Vitoria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Vittoria