Battle of Toulouse (1814) 1814
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Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 10 April 1814 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1814 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | 19th century (1800–1913) | derived from year |
| Location | France | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Campaign in south-west France | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | First French Empire, Kingdom of Portugal, Kingdom of Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 43.6044, 1.4439 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Toulouse took place on April 10, 1814, just four days after Napoleon's surrender of the French Empire to the Sixth Coalition, marking one of the final conflicts of the Napoleonic Wars. Having pushed the demoralised and disintegrating French Imperial Army out of Spain in a difficult campaign the previous autumn, the Allied British-Portuguese and Spanish army under Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington pursued the war into southern France in the spring of 1814.
The city of Toulouse, the regional capital, put up a fierce resistance under the command of Marshal Soult, who tenaciously defended its fortified environs. The city fortifications themselves were not attacked. One British and two Spanish divisions were badly mauled in bloody fighting on 10 April, with Allied losses exceeding French casualties by almost 3,000, as per recent estimate. In the battle, Wellington's Spanish corps was led by Manuel Freire de Andrade, who had defeated Soult at the Battle of San Marcial last year. Freire's Spaniards were heavily engaged in the main assault and thus suffered heavy losses. Freire was unable to break through on his own, so Beresford's corps was thrown into the fray.
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