Battle of Orthez

Quand

27 févr. 1814

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

43.51° N, 0.78° W

Description

1814 battle during the Peninsular War

1814 battle of the campaign in south-west France

The Battle of Orthez was fought on 27 February 1814 in the southwest of France near the end of the Peninsular War. An army of British, Spanish and Portuguese troops under Field Marshal Lord Wellington attacked a French army led by Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult in southern France.

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