Battle of San Marcial

Battle of San Marcial
Part of the Peninsular War
Battle of San Marcial (F. Peréz, c. 1844)
Date 31 August 1813 Location Near Irun, Spain 43°19′40″N 1°45′41″W / 43.32778°N 1.76139°W / 43.32778; -1.76139 Result Spanish victory[1]
Belligerents
French Empire	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Nicolas Jean Dieu Soult	Manuel Freire Gabriel de Mendizábal Iraeta
Strength
18,000[2]	16,000[3]
Casualties and losses
4,000 dead or wounded[1]	2,500 dead or wounded[1]

Peninsular War
Vitoria and the Pyrenees, 1813–1814

50km
30miles

San Marcial

8

Maya

7

Pyrenees

6

San Sebastián

5

Pamplona

4

Tolosa

3

Vitoria

2

San Millan

1

  

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The Battle of San Marcial, waged on 31 August 1813, was one of the last battles fought on Spanish soil during the Peninsular War.

At San Marcial, just outside Irún, close to the French border, Spain's Army of Galicia, led by General Freire, turned back Marshal Soult's last major offensive against the army of Britain's Wellington.^[a]

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