The Battle Hostile_encounter of Salamanca ( in French and Spanish known as the Battle Hostile_encounter of Arapiles ) on 22July 1812 was a battle Hostile_encounter in which an Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellington defeated Hostile_encounter Marshal Auguste Marmont 's French forces at Arapiles , south of Salamanca , Spain , during the Peninsular War Military_operation .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Salamanca ( in French and Spanish known as the Battle Hostile_encounter of Arapiles ) on 22July 1812 was a battle Hostile_encounter in which an Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellington defeated Hostile_encounter Marshal Auguste Marmont 's French forces at Arapiles , south of Salamanca , Spain , during the Peninsular War Military_operation .

During the siege , part of the Spanish troops marched Self_motion towards Salamanca to join Becoming_a_member the Allied army under Arthur Wellesley , commanded Control by General Santocildes , and contributed Assistance successfully in the campaign with the capture of Tordesillas , blocking Hindering Toro and Zamora , and occupying Valladolid .