Wellington’s 1813 Vitoria campaign

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military campaign offensive operation

Wellington’s 1813 Vitoria campaign was a major British-led offensive in the Peninsular War that culminated in the decisive Battle of Vitoria, driving French forces from much of Spain and breaking Napoleon’s control there.

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Label	Occurrences
Wellington’s 1813 Vitoria campaign canonical	1
Wellington’s 1813 campaign in northern Spain	1
Wellington’s Victory	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ offensive operation ⓘ
aim	to break French logistical and political control in Spain ⓘ to drive French forces from northern Spain ⓘ
AlliedPoliticalObjective	to restore Spanish independence from French control ⓘ
belligerent	First French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish forces ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
commandStructure	Anglo-Portuguese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Peninsular War NERFINISHED ⓘ
culminatedIn	Battle of Vitoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfCulminatingBattle	1813-06-21 ⓘ
endDate	1813-06-21 ⓘ
followedBy	Allied advance into the Pyrenees ⓘ Battles of the Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ
FrenchPoliticalObjective	to maintain Joseph Bonaparte on the Spanish throne ⓘ
hasCommander	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Baptiste Jourdan NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorBattle	Battle of Vitoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedForce	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ French Imperial troops ⓘ Portuguese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish regular troops ⓘ
location	Basque Country NERFINISHED ⓘ around Vitoria-Gasteiz ⓘ northern Spain ⓘ
namedAfter	Battle of Vitoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	capture of large French baggage train at Vitoria ⓘ disruption of French lines of communication in Spain ⓘ
opponent	French Army of the North NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedKing	Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedRuler	Napoleon I NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Peninsular War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryAlliedLeader	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ French retreat from most of Spain ⓘ collapse of French control in Spain ⓘ
startDate	1813-05 ⓘ
strategicEffect	opened the way for Allied invasion of France ⓘ weakened Napoleon’s position in the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
theatre	Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish theatre of the Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign → followedBy → Wellington’s 1813 Vitoria campaign ⓘ

Ludwig van Beethoven’s composition "Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria" → alternativeTitle → Wellington’s 1813 Vitoria campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria

this entity surface form: Wellington’s Victory

Battle of the Pyrenees → partOf → Wellington’s 1813 Vitoria campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wellington’s 1813 campaign in northern Spain