Joaquin Blake y Joyes Biography

Birth of Joaquin Blake y Joyes

Takes part in the invasion of Rousillon under General Ricardo

Blake & Cuesta are defeated at Medina del Rio Seco

Appointed Commander of the Supreme Juntas Army of Galicia (a force of 43,000 holding the Spanish left wing along the Cantabrian mountains) during the French invasio

Appointed Head of the Supreme Juntas Army of Galicia (a force of 43,000 holding the Spanish left wing along the Cantabrian mountains) during the French invasion

Marshal Lefebvres IV Corps fall upon Blakes 19,000 men at Pancorbo, turning back the hesitant Spanish advance. Blake retreats swiftly and in good order, preventing Napoleon's planned envelopment & annihilation of the Spanish flank

Blake surprises his enemies again when, at Valmaceda, he suddenly turns about & attacks the French vanguard, inflicting a stinging defeat

A well-coordinated French attack shatters Blakes centre & drives his army from the field in a rout

Blake helps create the Spanish General Staff, which in the final years of the war restores coherence to the countrys military

Appointed Chief Engineer of the Spanish Royal Army

Appointed Chief Engineer of the Spanish Royal Army

Blake is transferred to eastern Spain to combat Marshal Suchets advance on Valencia

Blake fights the French at Albuera alongside William Beresfords Anglo-Portuguese army

Spaniards under Blakes command successfully hold the allied flank against the strongest French infantry attack of the war, earning him promotion to Captain General

Spaniards under Blakes command successfully hold the allied flank against the strongest French infantry attack of the war, earning him promotion to Captain General

Spaniards under Blakes command successfully hold the allied flank against the strongest French infantry attack of the war, earning him promotion to Captain General

Death of Joaquin Blake y Joyes