Battle of Valls

Battle of Valls
Part of the Peninsular War
Date 25 February, 1809 Location Valls, Spain Result French victory
Belligerents
French Empire	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr	Theodor von Redding †
Strength
13,350	10,540 infantry, 700 cavalry, 8 guns
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed or wounded	1,400 killed or wounded, 1,600 captured

The Battle of Valls was fought on 25 February 1809, during the Peninsular War between a French force under Marshal Gouvion St. Cry and a Spanish force under General Reding. Fought near the town of Valls in Catalonia Spain, the battle ended in a French victory. The Spanish commander, General Reding, was fatally wounded during a cavalry charge against French cavalry.

References

• Chandler, David G. The Campaigns of Napoleon. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. ISBN 0-02-523660-1
• Gates, David. The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. Da Capo Press 2001. ISBN 0-306-81083-2
• Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.