Joaquin Blake y Joyes Biography and Timeline

Birth of Joaquin Blake y Joyes

Birth of Joaquin Blake y Joyes

Invasion of Rousillon

Takes part in the invasion of Rousillon under General Ricardo

Battle of Pancorbo

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

Role range: 1800-1815

Battle of Valmaceda

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

Role range: 1800-1815

Battle of Espinosa

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

Role range: 1800-1815

Battle of Medina del Rio Seco

Blake & Cuesta are defeated at Medina del Rio Seco

Role range: 1800-1815

Commander of Supreme Juntas Army Galicia

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

Role range: 1800-1815

Invasion of Spain

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

Role range: 1800-1815

General Staff

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

Role range: 1800-1815

Captain

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

Battle of Albuhera

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

Role range: 1800-1815

Battle of Albuhera

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

Role range: 1800-1815

Captain

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

Role range: 1800-1815

Chief Engineer

Appointed Chief Engineer of the Spanish Royal Army

Siege of Valencia

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

Role range: 1800-1815

Chief Engineer

Appointed Chief Engineer of the Spanish Royal Army

Role range: 1800-1815

Death of Joaquin Blake y Joyes

Death of Joaquin Blake y Joyes