Battle of Bailén 1808. DelPrado, Cavalry No. 67. In the Battle of Bailén, fought in Andalusia from 18 July to 22 July 1808, a Spanish army under Generals Francisco Javier Castaños and Theodor von Reding defeated a corps of the French army under General Pierre Dupont de l'Étang. The Spanish forces encircled the French, causing Dupont to surrender with nearly 18,000 men. This was the biggest French defeat during the Napoleonic Wars in the Iberian Peninsula.
Group
Sculptural Figure(s)
Condition
Painted by manufacturer
Scale
Size 54 mm
Material
Metal-Alloy
Epoch
Napoleonic
Time
1789 - 1815
Nationality/Location
Spain
State
Second Hand
publisher
delPrado
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