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Title
The whole nation is exasperated and determined to fight.
Description
Battle of Bailén
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1808-07-19
Scenario#
AN03
Location
Bailén, Spain
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Bailén was fought in 1808 between the Spanish Army of Andalusia, led by Generals Francisco Castaños and Theodor von Reding, and the Imperial French Army's II corps d'observation de la Gironde under General Pierre Dupont de l'Étang. This battle was the first open-field defeat of a Napoleonic army. The heaviest fighting took place near Bailén, a village by the Guadalquivir river in the Jaén province of southern Spain.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Bailén
External Link
Combatants
French Empire
Spain
Additional Information
Peninsular War
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Geolocation
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