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1810 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Vich

Part ofPeninsular War

Drawing byJean-Charles Langlois (Musée de l'Armée)

Date	20 February 1810^[1]
Location	Vic, Catalonia,Spain 41°55′49″N2°15′17″E / 41.93028°N 2.25472°E /41.93028; 2.25472
Result	French victory^[1]

Belligerents

First French Empire

Kingdom of Spain

Commanders and leaders

Units involved

Army of Catalonia

Strength

5,000^[1]

12,000^[1]

Casualties and losses

800^[1]

3,000^[1]

v t e Peninsular War Aragon and northeast Spain 1809–1814
Castelló d'Empúries Valls Monzón 2nd Molins de Rei 3rd Gerona Alcañiz María Belchite Hostalrich Mollet Vic Manresa Lérida Mequinenza San Quintín La Bisbal Tortosa El Pla 1st Tarragona Montserrat Figueras Cervera Saguntum Massanet de Cabrenys Valencia Alicante Altafulla 1st Castalla 2nd Castalla 2nd Tarragona Santa Engracia 3rd Zaragoza Ordal

Peninsular War: Aragón Catalonia

220km
137miles

21 Battle of Ordal at Ordal, on 13 September 1813

Castalla

19 Battle of Altafulla at Altafulla, on 29 January 1812

Valencia

Saguntum

16 Battle of Cervera (1811) at Cervera, from 4 to 14 October 1811

15 Siege of Figueras (1811) at Figueras, from 4 April to 19 August 1811

14 Battle of Montserrat at Montserrat, on 25 July 18117

13 Siege of Tarragona (1811) from 5 May – 29 June 1811 Siege of Tarragona (1813) from 3 to 11 June 1813

12 Battle of El Pla at El Pla, on 15 January 1811

11 Siege of Tortosa (1810–11) at Tortosa, from 19 December 1810 to 2 January 1811

10 Battle of La Bisbal at La Bisbal, on 14 September 1810

9 Siege of Mequinenza at Mequinenza, from 15 May to 8 June 1810

8 Siege of Lérida at Lérida, on 23 April and 29 April to 14 May 1810

Vic

6 Battle of Mollet at Mollet, on 21 January 1810

5 Battle of Belchite (1809) at Belchite, on 18 June 1809

María

3 Battle of Alcañiz at Alcañiz, on 23 May 1809

2 Third siege of Girona at Girona, from 6 May to 12 December 1809

1 Battle of Valls at Valls, on 25 February 1809

current battle

TheBattle of Vich orBattle of Vic on 20 February 1810 saw aSpanish force underHenry O'Donnell suddenly attack a 5,500-manImperial French division led byJoseph Souham. After bitter fighting the French prevailed, forcing O'Donnell's men to retreat. The engagement occurred during thePeninsular War, part of theNapoleonic Wars.Vic is located 60 kilometres (37 mi) north ofBarcelona in the province ofCatalonia.^[2]

One month after his lieutenantLuis González Torres de Navarra, Marquess of Campoverde scored a victory in theBattle of Mollet, O'Donnell found that Souham's division was isolated at Vic. He assembled a small army of 7,000 regular infantry and 500 cavalry atMoià and arranged for themiquelets (Catalanmilitia) to join him in attacking Vic. On 19 February, 3,500 miquelets led byFrancesc Rovira i Sala andFrancisco Milans del Bosch began skirmishing with Souham's outposts. The next day, O'Donnell led his regulars to the assault from a different direction. While a French force in the town held off Rovira and Milans, the main forces battled in the plain. The contest hung in the balance until the 1,500-saber Imperial cavalry contingent overwhelmed O'Donnell's right wing. The French lost 600 casualties, including Souham badly wounded, while inflicting losses of 800 killed and wounded and capturing 1,000 more.