Battle of Valencia (1808)

Battle of Valencia
Part of the Peninsular War

El Crit del Palleter by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1884): "Yo, Vicent Doménech, un pobre palleter, li declare la guerra a Napoleó. ¡Vixca Ferran VII i mort als traïdors!" (I, Vicent Doménech, poor baker though I be, hereby declare war on Napoleon. Long live Ferdinand VII and death to traitors!)
Date26–28 June 1808
Location
Valencia, Spain
39°28′N 0°22′W / 39.467°N 0.367°W / 39.467; -0.367
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain Spain France French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Conde de Cervellón
Felipe Augusto de Saint-Marcq
Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey
Strength
1,500 regulars,
6,500 militia,
12,000 civilians[1]
8,000-9,000 regulars[2][1]
Casualties and losses
unknown[1] 1,100-1,200 dead or wounded[2][1]
Map
About OpenStreetMaps
Maps: terms of use
200km
125miles
Toulouse
12
Battle of Toulouse (1814) on 10 April 1814
Vitoria
11
Battle of Vitoria on 21 June 1813
Tordesillas
10
Battle of Tordesillas (1812) from 25 to 29 October 1812
Burgos
9
Siege of Burgos from 19 September to 21 October 1812
Salamanca
8
Battle of Salamanca on 22 July 1812
Ciudad
7
Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812) from 7 to 20 January 1812
Talavera
6
Battle of Talavera on 27–28 July 1809
Corunna
5
Battle of Corunna on 16 January 1809
Tudela
4
Battle of Tudela on 23 November 1808
Bailén
3
Battle of Bailén from 16 to 19 July 1808
Valencia
2
Madrid
1
Madrid Uprising on 2 May 1808
  current battle
  Wellington in command
  Wellington not in command

The First Battle of Valencia was an attack on the Spanish city of Valencia on 26 June 1808, early in the Peninsular War. Marshal Moncey's French Imperial troops failed to take the city by storm and retreated upon Madrid, leaving much of eastern Spain unconquered and beyond the reach of Napoleon.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d Bodart 1908, p. 387.
  2. ^ a b Gates 2001, p. 57.
  3. ^ Oman 1902, p. 107.