Battle of Sorauren

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Battle of Sorauren
Part of Peninsular War
Battle of the Pyrenees, July 28th 1813 by Thomas Sutherland
Date 28 July – 1 August 1813 Location Sorauren, Navarre, Spain 42°52′33″N 1°37′08″W / 42.8758°N 1.6189°W / 42.8758; -1.6189 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom Portugal Spain	French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington	Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Strength
24,000 men	30,000 men
Casualties and losses
2,600 dead or wounded	4,000 dead or wounded

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

  

The Battle of Sorauren was part of a series of engagements in late July 1813 called the Battle of the Pyrenees in which a combined British and Portuguese force under Sir Arthur Wellesley held off Marshal Soult's French forces attempting to relieve Pamplona.