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Sorauren was an action in the Battle of the Pyrenees (25 July to 2 August 1813) during the Peninsular War (1808–1814). The French commander in Spain, Marshal Soult, launched an offensive to relieve French forces besieged at Pamplona and San Sebastian. When news of the French advance reached Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley (1769–1852), Marquess (later Field Marshal The Duke) of Wellington, he immediately rode south. He assumed command of the British forces at the village of Sorauren near Pamplona. The artist based the subject of the painting on a passage from Sir Archibald Alison's 'History of Europe', Edinburgh (1850), which described how Wellington saw a French division moving along the crest of the mountain opposite, just above Sorauren.
Title
Wellington at Sorauren, 27 July 1813
Date
c.1853
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 129 x W 99 cm
Accession number
NAM. 1960-04-1
Acquisition method
gift from Major C. J. Dixon-Johnson, 1960
Work type
Painting
National Army Museum
Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, Greater London SW3 4HT England
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