What the records say
- When
- 18 Jun 1809
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.30° N, 0.75° W
- Description
- 1809 battle during the Peninsular War
Battle of Belchite (1809)
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
The Battle of Belchite on 18 June 1809 saw a Franco-Polish corps led by Louis Gabriel Suchet fight a small Spanish army under Joaquín Blake y Joyes. Suchet's force won the battle when a lucky hit detonated a large part of the Spanish ammunition supply. The ensuing blast provoked Blake's soldiers into a panicky flight from the battlefield. The action was fought during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars.
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