For homonymous articles, see Espinosa. Battle of Espinosa
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Campaign of Napoleon I in Spain (1808-1809) Durango · Balmaseda · Burgos (1) · Roses · Espinosa · Tudela · Bubierca · Somosierra · Cardedeu · Saragosse (2) · Sahagún · Molins de Rey · Girona · Benavente · Castellón · Mansilla · Cacabelos · Lugo · Astorga (1) · The CorogneGeolocation on the map: Castilla y León
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The battle of Espinosa was fought on November 10 and 11, 1808, near the town of Espinosa in the Cantabrian mountains and led to the victory of the French commanded by Marshal Victor against the Galician army of Lieutenant General Joaquin Blake.
Progress of the Battalion change the code Marshal Victor commands the French troops in Espinosa (engraving for the Centennial Album).Victor, seeking an easy victory to erase the humiliation of the Battle of Balmaseda, launches a series of misguided attacks that are repulsed, at the cost of heavy losses, by the highly disciplined regular troops of General La Romana . As night falls, Blake's positions still stand. On the morning of November 11, Victor regains his senses and coordinates a massive attack that pierces the left wing of Blake and forces the Spaniards back from the battlefield. The French took the nice total of 30 guns and 30 flags.
Although not a decisive defeat in itself, the hopeless confusion of this exhausted and ragged Spanish army (which no longer has a government or military command structure to coordinate it) is a deadly blow to the Galician army of Blake. He retains to his credit that he has led the rest of his men throughout a heroic retreat westward through the mountains. To the chagrin of Napoleon who can not believe it, he escapes the pursuit of Soult. But when he arrives in León on November 23, he has only about 10,000 men left. Notes and edit the code code Sourceschange the code
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