Louis-Gabriel Suchet

Suchet faced the Valencian army near Castellón in a decisive battle to secure the eastern flank of Spain. Though slightly inferior in numbers, the French engaged a methodical attack and broke the Spanish center. French cavalry pursued fugitives and completed the victory.

Suchet, seeking to secure the province of Tarragona, intercepted Reding's army near Valls. After cautious reconnaissance, he launched a combined attack at the center and on the flanks. French cavalry, skillfully led, executed a turning maneuver that trapped the Spanish. Reding was mortally wounded in the rout.

Suchet faced Blake's Spanish army, which had come to relieve the besieged town of Sagunto. Thanks to a determined attack on the enemy center, French troops broke the Spanish lines and achieved a decisive victory, opening the road to Valencia.

In 1811–1812 Marshal Suchet conquered Valencia province in Spain after a siege and decisive battle. Fall of Valencia (January 1812) opened the road to Catalonia and consolidated French control of eastern Spain. Suchet, considered Napoleon's best marshal in Spain, received the title Duke of Albufera.