Battle of Valencia (1808)

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Battle of Valencia
Part of the Peninsular War
El Crit del Palleter by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1884): "Yo, Vicent Doménech, un pobre palleter, li declare la guerra a Napoleó. ¡Vixca Ferran VII i mort als traïdors!" (I, Vicent Doménech, poor baker that I am, declare war on Napoleon. Long live Ferdinand VII and death to traitors!)
Date June 24 - June 26, 1808 Location Valencia, Spain Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain	French Empire
Commanders
Conde de Cervellón	Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey
Strength
1,500 regulars, 6,500 militia, 11,000 civilians	9,000 regulars[1]
Casualties and losses
	1,100 dead or wounded[1]

v • d • e Peninsular War Invasion by Stealth, 1808 Madrid – Bruch – Alcolea – Cabezón – 1st Gerona – 2nd Gerona – Saragossa – Rio Seco – Valencia – Bailén – Roliça – Vimeiro

The First Battle of Valencia was an attack on the Spanish city of Valencia on June 26, 1808, early in the Peninsular War. Marshal Moncey's French Imperial troops failed to take the city by storm and retreated upon Madrid, leaving much of eastern Spain unconquered and beyond the reach of Napoleon.

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• Gates, David. The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. Da Capo Press 2001. ISBN 0-306-81083-2