Battle of Astorga

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath French_consolidation_of_power_in_Spain
gptkbp:analyzes Military historians
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Talavera
gptkb:Battle_of_Salamanca
Battle of Vimeiro
gptkbp:casualties French:_1,000
Spanish:_2,000
gptkbp:celebrates Military memorials
gptkbp:climate Cold and rainy
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:Spanish_forces
gptkb:French_Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Joaquín_Blake
Marshal Jean de Dieu Soult
gptkbp:date January 21, 1810
gptkbp:followedBy Siege of Astorga
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:General_Manuel_de_la_Peña_y_Peña
gptkb:General_José_de_la_Serna
gptkb:General_Francisco_de_la_Romana
gptkb:General_José_de_Palafox
gptkb:General_Joaquín_de_la_Pezuela
gptkb:Wellington
gptkb:General_Juan_Carlos_de_Aréizaga
gptkb:General_Manuel_de_Godoy
gptkb:General_Sir_Arthur_Wellesley
gptkb:General_Francisco_de_Miranda
gptkb:King_Joseph_Bonaparte
gptkb:General_Vicente_de_la_Cuadra
gptkb:General_Francisco_de_la_Torre
gptkb:General_Pedro_Caro_y_Sureda
Napoleon Bonaparte
gptkbp:historicalContext Napoleonic Wars
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Astorga
gptkbp:impact Influenced subsequent battles in the region
gptkbp:involved Around 15,000 Spanish troops
Around 20,000 French troops
gptkbp:is_a_source_of Eyewitness accounts
Military dispatches
gptkbp:landscape Hilly and mountainous
gptkbp:legacy Part_of_the_larger_conflict_of_the_Peninsular_War
gptkbp:location gptkb:Astorga,_Spain
gptkbp:outcome Spanish_retreat
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Peninsular_War
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of Medina de Rioseco
gptkbp:result French_victory
gptkbp:significance Strategic_control_of_northern_Spain
gptkbp:strategicGoals Supply routes
gptkbp:tactics Flanking maneuvers
Offensive operations