Battle of Orthes

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Orthez was a major engagement of the Peninsular War in February 1814, in which Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese forces defeated Marshal Soult’s French army in southwestern France.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Battle of Orthez 0
Battle of Toulouse 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alliedForce Anglo-Portuguese Army ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Portuguese Army ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
surface form: French Empire

Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaign Invasion of southwestern France (1813–1814) ⓘ
combatantStrength Allied army numerically superior to French army ⓘ
commander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Nicolas Soult ⓘ
surface form: Jean-de-Dieu Soult
conflict Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Peninsular War
country France ⓘ
date 27 February 1814 ⓘ
datePrecision day ⓘ
era Napoleonic era ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Orthes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Toulouse
hasCommanderRole Soult commanded French forces ⓘ
Wellington exploited a gap in the French left flank ⓘ
surface form: Wellington commanded Anglo-Portuguese forces
hasParticipant Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
Nicolas Soult ⓘ
surface form: Jean-de-Dieu Soult

Portuguese Army ⓘ
locatedOn Gave de Pau River NERFINISHED ⓘ
month February 1814 ⓘ
notableFor Wellington’s advance into France ⓘ
defeat of Marshal Soult’s French army ⓘ
opposingCommander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Nicolas Soult ⓘ
surface form: Jean-de-Dieu Soult
opposingForce Army of the Eastern Pyrenees ⓘ
surface form: French Army of the Pyrenees
outcome French forces retreated northward ⓘ
partOf Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Peninsular War
place Orthez NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Nivelle ⓘ
Battle of the Nive ⓘ
region southwestern France ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
theatre Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
year 1814 ⓘ

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

Robert Ross → battle → Battle of Orthes ⓘ
Battle of Orthes → followedBy → Battle of Orthes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Orthez
this entity surface form: Battle of Toulouse