Battle of Tarbes

Battle of Tarbes
	Part of Peninsular War
	; Allied forces engage French rearguard near Tarbes, 20 March 1814
Date	20 March 1814
Location	Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; Portugal; Spain	France
Commanders and leaders
Arthur Wellesley	Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Strength
45,000 infantry; 4,000 cavalry; 40 guns; (20,000 committed); ;	25,000 infantry; 1,000 cavalry; 38 guns; (15,000 committed); ;
Casualties and losses
375 killed and wounded	1,000 killed, wounded and missing

The Battle of Tarbes was a rearguard action fought on 20 March 1814 between the French Army of the South, commanded by Marshal Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, and the Allied forces under Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, Marques of Wellington, during the final phase of the Peninsular War.