Talavera 6 Corunna 5 Tudela 4 Bailén 3 Valencia 2 Madrid 1    The Battle of Bailén was fought in 1808 between the Spanish Army of Andalusia, led by General...

honour his actions during the Peninsular War and, especially, at the Battle of Bailén. He was promoted, in October 1802, to lieutenant general in the same...

Bailén (archaically known as Baylen in English) is a town in the province of Jaén, Spain. Bailén is probably the ancient Baecula, where the Romans, under...

at the Battle of Bailén in July 1808. Francisco Javier Castaños y Aragorri, 1st Duke of Bailén Luis Carondelet y Castaños, 2nd Duke of Bailén Eduardo...

flank and cutting French communications with Bailén and La Carolina. Following their victory at Bailén, Lapeña's division accompanied Castaños to Madrid...

of proceeding to Cádiz as planned, General Dupont was ordered to march back to Madrid, but was defeated by General Castaños at the Battle of Bailén on...

army in Andalusia defeated the French at the Battle of Bailén, considered the first open-field defeat of the Napoleonic army on a European battlefield...

passes of the Sierra Morena. Pursued and cut off by a Spanish army under the Captain General Castaños, his corps was defeated in the Battle of Bailén after...

during the battle of Arjonilla, but was saved by Sergeant Juan de Dios. On 19 July 1808, Spanish and French forces engaged in the battle of Bailén, a Spanish...

distinction in the Spanish War of Independence first against the French, then on the side of Joseph Bonaparte. After the Battle of Bailén (1808) he entered the...