Battle of Uclés (1809)
Videos
The Battle of Uclés saw an Imperial French corps led by Marshal Claude Perrin Victor attack a Spanish force under Francisco Javier Venegas. The French easily crushed their outnumbered foes, capturing
Venegas watched the battle from the monastery in Uclés
Claude Perrin Victor
Duke of Infantado
Francisco Venegas
Claude-Victor Perrin
Videos
Claude-Victor Perrin, Duke of Belluno was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire in 1807 by Emperor Na
Battle of Uclés (1809)
…The Battle of Uclés (13 January 1809) saw an Imperial French corps led by Marshal Claude Perrin Victor attack a Spanish force under Francisco Javier Venegas. The French easily crushed their outnumbered foes, capturing over half of the Spanish infantry…
Victor as a lieutenant-colonel of 5th Bouches-du-Rhône Battalion in 1792, by Georges Rouget (1835)
Heraldic achievement of Claude-Victor Perrin, Duke of Belluno
Jean Baptiste de Villèle