Battle of Puente Sanpayo

The Battle of Puente Sanpayo or Battle of San Payo (Galician: Ponte Sampaio) took place at Ponte Sampaio, Pontevedra, between 7–9 June 1809 during the Peninsular War. The Spanish forces commanded by Colonel Pablo Morillo plus forces of the English army defeated the French forces of Marshall Michel Ney.[1] Ney and his forces were forced to retreat and the French offensive to re-capture the cities of Pontevedra and Vigo was a failure. The battle marked the final evacuation of Galicia by the French army and the creation of a new front.[2][3][4][5][6]

Battle of Puente Sanpayo
Part of the Peninsular War
Pontevedra
Battle of Puente Sanpayo (Spain)
Date7–9 June 1809
Location
Ponte Sampaio, Pontevedra, Spain
42.35°N 8.61°W / 42.35; -8.61
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
French Empire

Spain

British Empire
Commanders and leaders
Michel Ney Gaspar María de Nava
Strength
10,800 10,000
Casualties and losses
2,000–3,000 dead or wounded 300 dead or wounded
Peninsular war: Second French invasion
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Notes
  1. Maldonado 2009.
  2. Pazos 1964.
  3. Glover 2001.
  4. Smith 1998.
  5. Rey 2006.
  6. Catoyra 1916.

References
  • Pazos, Salustiano Portela (1964). La Guerra de Independencia en Galicia (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela: Tipografía del Seminario.
  • Glover, Michael (2001). The Peninsular War 1807-1814. ISBN 0-14-139041-7.
  • Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
  • Rey, J. M. Osuna (2006). Los franceses en Galicia: Historia militar de la Guerra de Independencia en Galicia 1809 (in Spanish). Fundación Barrié de la Maza.
  • Catoyra, Félix Estrada (1916). Historia de los ejércitos gallegos durante la Guerra de la Independencia (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela: Tipografía de El Eco Franciscano.
  • Maldonado, Josep Muñoz (2009). Political and Military History of the War of Independence in Spain.

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