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  • Battle of Belchite (1809)
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  • 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. Belchite is located southeast of Zaragoza.
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  • 118709
  • 1300012
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Partof
  • the Peninsular War
Date
  • 1809-06-18
Commander
  • Joaquín Blake
  • Louis Suchet
Casualties
  • 200
  • 20009
Result
  • French victory
combatant
  • French Empire
  • Kingdom of Spain
Place
  • Belchite, Spain
Conflict
  • Battle of Belchite
abstract
  • 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. Belchite is located southeast of Zaragoza.
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