The failure of 15th Vistula corps to take Albareal has made it impossible for Suchet to continue his invasion of Andalusia.
7th
French corps have already retreated to Madrid, and it will take two more days
for them to rally, reorganise and become operational again.
15th
corps also requires time to rally and recover.
If they try to do so at Torrijos they are in danger of being attacked by
1st Spanish corps.
That
leaves just 16th Italian corps to face four Spanish corps
Rather
than risk the loss of his whole army, Suchet orders 15th and 16th
corps to retreat to Madrid.
Two of the
four Spanish corps are now out of supply, and will lose attrition casualties
until they resupply. Therefore Giron is
in no condition to pursue the French until he can reorganise his army.
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