19 May 1813 – Northern Spain – End of Llanes Campaign

Battles fought during campaign phase

Wellington won three of the five battles fought.

Soult won the remaining two

 

Wellington held the city of Llanes and therefore won the campaign

 

The campaign started on 21 April 2022 and ended on 5 July 2022

The French had the initiative and opened the campaign with a surprise attack on the 4^th Spanish army.   To my surprise the Spanish held their own, and the French were forced to abandon the attack.   The Spanish won two of the the five battles, and were not defeated once by the French.   It was British who lost the two battles to the French.

Madrid Region

At the end of the campaign the two armies were facing each other over the Llanes/Santander district borders.    They were in the same positions as at the start of the campaign.

 

Soult ordered his army to hold the border

He established his headquarters in Santander

 

Wellington ordered his army to hold the border

He established his headquarters in Llanes