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| | Bambooweb: Battle of Vitoria |
 | | The Battle of Vitoria was fought on June 21 1813 during the Peninsular War, between 75,000 British, Portuguese and Spanish troops, with 90 guns, under The Duke of Wellington, and 58,000 French with 153 guns under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jourdan. |
 | | In July 1812, after the Battle of Salamanca, the French had evacuated Madrid, which Wellington's army entered on August 12, 1812. |
 | | Deploying three divisions to guard the capital's southern approaches, he then marched north with the rest of his army to lay siege to the fortress of Burgos, 140 miles away, but he had underrated the enemy's strength and on October 21 he had to abandon the siege and retreat. |
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