Field marshal. Marquis of Coupigny. Born in Arras in the Artois-Flandre. Due to his noble status he was admitted in 1776 as a Cadet in the Walonas Royal Guard Regiment and was later promoted to First Lieutenant with Colonel rank. It is most likely that Antoine moved from Great Britain to Spain, where as a […]
Teodoro Reding von Biberegg was a Swiss General at the service of Spain, the main architect behind the victory of the Spanish army against the French in the Battle of Bailén of 1808. At 14 years of age he began his military career in Spain, earning the right to be named Governor in 1806, and […]
Popular legend tells the tale that Bailén’s heroine, born in Porcuna and married to Bailén born Luis Domingo Cobo Muela, lived in the “Las Eras” street, nowadays known as “Sebastián Elcano” street. “La Culiancha” (Literally, The Wide Bottomed), nickname bestowed upon her due to her ample hips, just like the rest of the people of […]
The soldier José Francisco de San Martín, born in the Argentinian town of Yapeyú in 1778, took an important part against the Napoleonic army due to his involvement in the Battle of Bailén. The “Father of the Nation” as he will come to be known in Argentina, fought in the African crusade, in varied military […]
Francisco Javier de Castaños y Aragorri he became the first european general that managed to defeat a Napoleonic army, after defeating general Dupont in the Battle of Bailén the 19th of July of 1808. He was born in Madrid and named Captain of the Infantry at the age of ten. Promoted to Colonel, he obtained […]
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