Battle of Sorauren

Battle of Sorauren
	Part of the Battle of the Pyrenees during the Peninsular War
	; Battle of the Pyrenees, July 28th 1813 by Thomas Sutherland
Date	28 July – 1 August 1813
Location	Sorauren, Navarre, Spain42°52′33″N 1°37′08″W / 42.8758°N 1.6189°W
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; Portugal; Spain	French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington	Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Strength
24,000 men	30,000 men
Casualties and losses
2,600 dead or wounded	3,000–4,000 dead or wounded

Peninsular War
Vitoria and the Pyrenees, 1813–1814

50km
31miles

8

San Marcial

7

Maya

6

Pyrenees

5

San Sebastián

4

Pamplona

3

Tolosa

2

Vitoria

1

San Millan

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The Battle of Sorauren was part of a series of engagements in late July 1813 called the Battle of the Pyrenees in which a combined British, Portuguese, and Spanish force under Sir Arthur Wellesley held off Marshal Soult's French forces attempting to relieve Pamplona. In the battle, the French attacked up the slope of the Oricain Ridge and failed. Historian Michael Glover states that this defensive position was almost as strong as that which Wellesley occupied at Bussaco in 1810. He also points out that the French were nearly out of supplies in the lead-up to the battle.