Editing Louis-Gabriel Suchet (section)

==Napoleonic Wars==
[[File:Heraldic achievement of Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Duke of Albufera.jpg|thumb|Heraldic achievement of Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Duke of [[Albufera de València|Albuféra]]]]
Suchet greatly enhanced his reputation during the [[Napoleonic Wars]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=7}} In 1804, during the [[War of the Third Coalition]], he commanded the 4th division of [[Marshal Lannes]]'s [[IV Corps (Grande Armée)|IV Corps]] and distinguished himself at the battles of [[Battle of Ulm|Ulm]] and [[Battle of Austerlitz|Austerlitz]].<ref name=DPF/> He served under Lannes in the [[V Corps (Grande Armée)|V Corps]] in 1806, during the [[War of the Fourth Coalition]], and fought at the battles of [[Battle of Saalfeld|Saalfeld]], [[Battle of Jena-Auerstedt|Jena]], [[Battle of Pułtusk|Pułtusk]], and [[Battle of Ostrołęka (1807)|Ostrolenka]].<ref name=DPF/> 

In the subsequent negotiations of the [[Treaties of Tilsit]], Suchet worked with Russian generals [[Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy|Tolstoy]] and [[Peter Wittgenstein|Wittgenstein]] on the settlement of the borders of the new [[Duchy of Warsaw]]. He was named a [[Count of the Empire]] on 24 June 1808.<ref name=DPF/> Two months later, Suchet was stationed to [[Silesia]] as commander-in-chief of the V Corps.<ref name=DPF/>

===Peninsular War===
[[File:Remond - Le général de division Suchet, commandant le 3ème corps de l'armée d'Espagne, reçoit la capitulation de la ville de Tortosa, 2 janvier 1811 (détail).jpg|thumb|left|Suchet receiving the surrender of Tortosa on 2 January 1811 (detail), by [[Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond]] (c. 1836)]]
[[File:Louis Gabriel Suchet, Vicent López Portaña, Museu de Belles Arts de València.JPG|thumb|right|Portrait of Marshal Suchet in Spain by [[Vicente López Portaña]], {{circa}} 1813]]

Suchet was deployed to [[Peninsular War|Spain]] in November 1808.<ref name=DPF/> After serving in the [[Siege of Zaragoza (1809)|Siege of Zaragoza]], in April 1809 he was appointed commander of the Army of [[Aragon]] and governor of that region.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=7}} Within two years, he brought the area into complete submission by wise and skillful administration no less than by his valor.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=7}} Beaten by the Spanish at the [[Battle of Alcañiz]], he defeated the army of [[Joaquín Blake y Joyes|Blake y Joyes]] at the [[Battle of María]] on 14 June 1809.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=7}} On 22 April 1810, he defeated [[Henry Joseph O'Donnell, Count of La Bisbal|O'Donnell]] at the [[Siege of Lérida (1810)|Siege of Lérida]], then [[Siege of Mequinenza|laid siege to Mequinenza]] in May.<ref name=FN/> 

He [[Siege of Tortosa (1810–1811)|captured Tortosa]] on 2 January 1811.<ref name=DPF/> For his successful [[Siege of Tarragona (1811)|Siege of Tarragona]] from May to June 1811, Suchet was made a [[Marshal of the Empire]] by Napoleon on 8 July 1811.<ref name=DPF/> He then launched an invasion of the [[region of Valencia]], defeated Blake y Joyes at the [[Battle of Saguntum]] on 15 October, and received the [[Siege of Valencia (1812)|capitulation of Valencia]] on 9 January 1812.<ref name=DPF/> He was rewarded with the title of ''{{lang|fr|duc d'Albuféra}}'' (Duke of [[Albufera de València|Albuféra]]) on 24 January 1812.<ref name=FN/>

After the tide turned against France, Suchet managed to defend his territories in eastern Spain until the French defeat at [[Battle of Vitoria|Vitoria]] on 21 June 1813, after which he was forced to evacuate Valencia.<ref name=DPF/> He withdrew to [[Catalonia]] then to the [[Pyrenees]] before finally re-entering France, and afterwards took part in the [[Campaign in south-west France (1814)|defense of southwestern France]] until Napoleon's abdication in April 1814.<ref name=DPF/>