CASUALTY RECORD // June 15, 1809
Battle of María
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
1 sides catalogued · combined 4,500 estimated
Kingdom of Spain
4,500
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of María brought a Spanish force of roughly 20,000 under Joaquín Blake into direct confrontation with a significantly smaller French corps of approximately 11,300 commanded by Louis-Gabriel Suchet. Despite their numerical advantage, Spanish casualties reached 4,500, indicating a severe tactical defeat. The engagement was part of the broader French effort to consolidate control in the Peninsular War, and the heavy Spanish losses undermined Blake's operational capacity to contest French authority in the region.
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