Battle of Valls

Battle of Valls
Part of the Peninsular War

Battle of Valls
Date25 February 1809[1]
Location
Valls, Spain
41°17′00″N 1°15′00″E / 41.2833°N 1.2500°E / 41.2833; 1.2500
Result French-allied victory[1]
Belligerents
First French Empire French Empire
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Westphalia Kingdom of Westphalia		  Spain
Commanders and leaders
France Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr
France Annet Morio de L'Isle
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Domenico Pino		 Theodor von Reding (DOW)[1]
Strength
13,300[1] 10,540-11,000 infantry,
700 cavalry,
8 guns[2][1]
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed or wounded[1] 1,500 killed or wounded[1]
1,500 captured[1]
Peninsular war: Aragón Catalonia
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Valls
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The Battle of Valls was fought on 25 February 1809, during the Peninsular War, between a French force under Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr and a Spanish force under Theodor von Reding. Fought near the town of Valls in Catalonia, Spain, the battle ended in a French victory. General Reding was fatally wounded during a cavalry charge against French cavalry.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Bodart 1908, p. 394.
  2. ^ Gates 2002, p. 69.