Vitoria, Battle of
| In the Peninsular War, French defeat by the Duke of Wellington 21 June 1813, near Vitoria, a north Spanish town; this battle effectively ended French influence in Spain, and after clearing out French stragglers from the border area, the British were able to march on into France |
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