Joaquín Blake y Joyes (19 August 1759 – 27 April 1827) was a Spanish military officer who served with distinction in the French Revolutionary and Peninsular...
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Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish Forces: Gen Joaquín Blake y Joyes Commander-in-Chief: Gen Joaquín Blake y Joyes Commander-in-Chief: Gen Francisco Castaños...
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Australian politician Joaquín Blake (1759–1827), Spanish military officer Joe Blake (1882–1931), English footballer Joey Blake (born 1967), American tennis...
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in a French victory under Marshal Victor against Lieutenant General Joaquín Blake's Army of Galicia. The Dos de Mayo Uprising had put Iberia in revolt...
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were searching for the insurgent forces. Joaquín Sorolla: Valencians prepare to resist the invaders (by Joaquín Sorolla, 1884) Second of May 1808: the defenders...
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intelligence of another approaching force—a Spanish army under General Joaquín Blake—he planned to turn Beresford's flank and interpose his army between...
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general Harold Henry Blake (1883–1960), British Army major general Joaquín Blake (1759–1827), Spanish Army captain general Robert Blake (admiral) (1598–1657)...
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Tribes of Galway (section Blake)
Blake, fl. 1588–1635, spy and purported assassin of Red Hugh O'Donnell Joaquín Blake y Joyes, (1759–1827), Spanish military officer who served with distinction...
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moved to rupture the French line of communications to Madrid. General Joaquín Blake's Army of Galicia, under joint command with General Gregorio de la Cuesta...
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engagement of Joaquín Blake's forces at Zornoza. Under Napoleon's guidance, the French had made meticulous preparations to defeat Blake's position and...
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Martin (January 10, 2011). He's Still Here: The Biography of Joaquin Phoenix. John Blake. ISBN 978-1-8435-8430-8. Archived from the original on January...
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of the Galician Armada. The Division reinforced Lieutenant-General Joaquín Blake, whose Army of Galicia was in retreat from superior French armies in...
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Suchet's French army on 23 May 1809 by a Spanish force under General Joaquín Blake y Joyes. The victory is credited to General Martín García-Loygorri's...
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corps led by Louis Gabriel Suchet fight a small Spanish army under Joaquín Blake y Joyes. Suchet's force won the battle when a lucky hit detonated a...
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Louis Gabriel Suchet's French Army of Aragon besiege Captain General Joaquín Blake y Joyes's forces in the city of Valencia, Spain, during the Peninsular...
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Louis Gabriel Suchet fighting a Spanish army led by Captain General Joaquín Blake. The Spanish attempt to raise the siege of the Sagunto Castle failed...
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The Battle of María (15 June 1809) saw a small Spanish army led by Joaquín Blake y Joyes face an Imperial French corps under Louis Gabriel Suchet. The...
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that the site was converted into a fortress in 1810–1811 by General Joaquín Blake at the suggestion of British officer Charles William Doyle. At that...
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northwest of Baza, Granada in Spain. Spanish armies under Freire and Joaquín Blake y Joyes threatened the French grip on the south of Spain during the...
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Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford † 8 January 1854 Ad honorem 1811 Joaquín Blake y Joyes † 27 April 1827 1811 Claude-Anne de Rouvroy de Saint Simon,...
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for the Peninsular War. He was victorious over the Spanish general Joaquín Blake y Joyes at the Battle of Espinosa on November 10–11, and took part in...
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Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén Gregorio García de la Cuesta Joaquín Blake y Joyes France portal The only constant in each of the seven coalitions...
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colonel . In 1812 he transferred to the front of Valencia, led by General Joaquín Blake, and sent a column of 4,000 veterans grenadiers (the "column La Mar")...
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Spring 1809. Spanish regular armies including those led by General Joaquín Blake continued to fight and guerrilla activity in the countryside made French...
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by General Blake. When the Spanish commander allowed his forces to get spread out, Milhaud attacked with his cavalry and crushed Blake's vanguard with...
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Gabriel Suchet defend against a Spanish army led by Captain General Joaquín Blake. The Spanish attempt to raise the siege of the Sagunto Castle failed...
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Francisco, and two other leading commanders of the Peninsular War, Joaquín Blake and the Count of Caldagues. In 1809 he commanded an army in the campaign...
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French to evacuate some districts. Soon, a Spanish army under General Joaquín Blake y Joyes appeared and threatened French control of Aragon. Suchet attacked...
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Alejandro O'Reilly Arturo O'Neill Juan O'Neylle Luis de Lacy Juan O'Donojú Joaquín Blake y Joyes Ricardo Wall Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris Carlos Manuel O'Donnell...
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for the relief of Venturada, and set out to join the army of General Joaquín Blake y Joyes. He was disappointed not to take part in any real action and...
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