Battle of Bailén
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The Battle of Bailén was fought in 1808 between the Spanish Army's Army of Andalusia, under General Francisco Javier Castaños and the French Imperial Army's 2nd Gironde Observational Corps under Divisional-General Pierre Dupont de l'Étang. The first open-field defeat of a Napoleonic army, the battle's heaviest fighting took place near Bailén, a village by the Guadalquivir river in the Jaén province of southern Spain.
1808
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Batalla de Bailén
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Location: 38.1, -3.8, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1808-07-16T00:00:00Z
1808-07-19T00:00:00Z
1808 Battle of Bailén
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 205 | Battle of Iliturgi | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 214 | Siege of Iliturgi | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 853 | Battle of Jandula | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1009 | Battle of Qantish | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1041 | Battle of Arjona | Taifa of Granada, Zirid Dynasty, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1297 | Battle of Arjona | battle, Crown of Castile, Emirate of Granada | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1808 | Battle of Bailén | First French Empire, Kingdom of Spain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1936 | Aceituna Campaign | military campaign | Wikidata |
| site | tower | Torre de María Martín | Roman villa, fortified tower, tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Torreón de la Fuente Sorda | archaeological site, fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Torres de la Aduana | fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | La Rendición de Bailén (Casado del Alisal) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Maurice Ignace Fresia | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bodleian Libraries, Spanish lickrish | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Medalla de Bailén | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Claude François Duprès, général et baron de l'Empire (1755-1808) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Episodio de la batalla de Bailén, de Ricardo Balaca (Museo del Prado) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Battle Baylen 1 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Granadero Regimiento Suizo Reding | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Batalla de Bailen | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Descripción de la batalla de Baylen y auxîlios que en ella dieron los vecinos 1815 | Commons | ||









