Battle of Puente Sanpayo

Battle of Puente Sanpayo
Part of the Peninsular War
Position of the bridge of Sanpayo
Date 7–9 June 1809 Location Ponte Sampaio, Pontevedra, Spain 42.35°N 8.61°W / 42.35; -8.61 Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
French Empire	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Michel Ney	Pablo Morillo
Strength
10,800	10,000
Casualties and losses
660 killed or wounded	110 killed or wounded

Peninsular war: Second French invasion

100km
62miles

Sanpayo

6

Grijó

5

Porto

4

Braga

3

Villafranca

2

Chaves

1

  

  current battle

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.

Background

The Spanish campaign in early 1809 started with the Battle of Uclés.

Battle

The Spanish forces commanded by Colonel Pablo Morillo plus forces of the English army defeated the French forces of Marshall Michel Ney. 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.

Aftermath

The Spanish campaign in early 1809 proceeded with the French advance in Catalonia in the Battle of Valls.

See also

• Monument to the heroes of Puente Sampayo

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. Penguin. 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.

External links

• Media related to Battle of Puente Sanpayo at Wikimedia Commons