Name: Battle of Sorauren
Start: 1813-07-28
End: 1813-08-01
Location: Battle of Sorauren

Battle of Sorauren 1813

Image: William Heath, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.

Key facts

Date	28 July 1813 – 1 August 1813	Wikidata
Year	1813	Wikidata P580 (start time)
Era	19th century (1800–1913)	derived from year
Location	Spain	Natural Earth (modern borders)
Continent	Europe	Natural Earth
War / conflict	Battle of the Pyrenees	Wikidata P361
Participants	First French Empire, Kingdom of Portugal, Kingdom of Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata P710
Coordinates	42.8758, -1.6189	Wikidata P625

About the battle

The Battle of Sorauren was part of a series of engagements in late July 1813 called the Battle of the Pyrenees in which a combined British, Portuguese, and Spanish force under Sir Arthur Wellesley held off Marshal Soult's French forces attempting to relieve Pamplona. In the battle, the French attacked up the slope of the Oricain Ridge and failed. Historian Michael Glover states that this defensive position was almost as strong as that which Wellesley occupied at Bussaco in 1810. He also points out that the French were nearly out of supplies in the lead-up to the battle.

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