Invasion of southwestern France (1813–1814)

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The Invasion of southwestern France (1813–1814) was a late Napoleonic War campaign in which Allied forces under the Duke of Wellington crossed into France from Spain, defeating French armies and pushing toward Toulouse.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars campaign
military campaign
belligerent First French Empire
Kingdom of Portugal
Kingdom of Spain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
campaignEndContext took place shortly before Napoleon’s first abdication
combatantCommander Eloi Charlemagne Taupin
Jean Isidore Harispe
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch
William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford
linked to: Viscount Beresford
commander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Marshal Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult
linked to: Nicolas Soult
crossedFrom Spain
crossedInto France
endTime 1814
followedBy occupation of parts of southern France by Allied forces
hasPart Battle of Bayonne
Battle of Orthez
Battle of Toulouse
Battle of the Nive
Battle of the Nivelle
linked to: Battle of Nivelle
historicalPeriod late Napoleonic era
involvedForceType British Army
French Imperial Army
Portuguese Army
Spanish Army
location France
Pyrenees region
linked to: Pyrénées region

southwestern France
notableEngagement Allied crossing of the Nivelle River
fighting around Bayonne
objective to capture Toulouse
to carry the war from Spain into French territory
to defeat Marshal Soult’s Army of the Pyrenees
opponent Army of the Pyrenees (French)
partOf Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
precededBy Battle of Vitoria
primaryAxisOfAdvance through the Pyrenees into the Adour and Garonne river valleys
toward Toulouse
result Allied victory
startTime 1813
strategicSignificance contributed to the collapse of Napoleon’s control in Western Europe
opened French territory to Allied armies from the Iberian Peninsula
theatre Western European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars

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Battle of Orthez campaign Invasion of southwestern France (1813–1814)
subject linked to: Battle of Orthes
Battle of Orthez theatre southwestern France campaign of the Peninsular War
linked to: Invasion of southwestern France (1813–1814)