Battle of Valls

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Battle of Valls
Part of the Peninsular War
Date 25 February 1809 Location Valls, Spain Result French victory
Combatants
First French Empire	Spain
Commanders
Marshal Gouvion St. Cry	Theodor von Redding †
Strength
ca 13,000	12,000 Infantry, 700 Cavalry, 8 cannons
Casualties
1,000 killed or wounded	1,400 killed or wounded, 1,600 captured, 8 cannons lost, Several standards lost

Peninsular War: Second French Invasion, 1808–1809
Pancorbo – Valmaseda – Burgos – Espinosa – Tudela – Somosierra – Sahagún – Saragossa – Castellón – Uclés – Corunna – Valls – Villafranca – Ciudad-Real – Medellín – Porto – Gerona – Grijo – Lugo – 2nd Porto – Alcañiz – San Payo – María – Talavera – Almonacid – Tamamés – Hostalrich – Torres Vedras – Ocana – Alba de Tormes

The Battle of Valls was fought on 25 February 1809, during the Peninsular War between a Franco-Italian Force under Marshal Gouvion St. Cry and a Spanish force under General Reding. Fought near the town of Valls in Catalonia Spain, the battle ended in a Franco-Italian victory. The Spanish commander, General Reding, was fatally wounded during a cavalry charge against French cavalry.

[edit] References

• Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.