. . "500 cavalry" . "2,000 dead or wounded" . "10,000 infantry," . "Battle of Alca\u00F1iz"@en . "French Empire" . . "Spanish victory" . . "800 cavalry" . "1809-05-23Z"^^ . "20pxKingdom of Spain" . . . "8,500 infantry," . "The Battle of Alca\u00F1iz resulted in the defeat of Major-General Louis Gabriel Suchet's French army on May 23, 1809 by a Spanish force under General Joaqu\u00EDn Blake y Joyes.The victory is credited to General Garc\u00EDa Loigorri's superb command of the Spanish artillery, which allowed the French columns to close and then mauled them with well-directed salvos. Loigorri was later promoted to Field Marshal and became the first artillery officer ever to receive the Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand."@en . . .