Editing Battle of Vitoria (section)

==Aftermath==
[[File:Auction after Vitoria.jpg|thumb|185px|British troops auction off loot taken during the battle]]

The Allied army lost about 5,000 men, with 3,675 British, 921 Portuguese and 562 Spanish casualties.{{sfnp|Glover|2001|p=243}} French losses totalled at least 5,200 killed and wounded, plus 2,800 men and 151 cannon captured. By army, the losses were South 4,300, Centre 2,100 and Portugal 1,600. There were no casualty returns from the Royal Guard or the artillery.{{sfnp|Smith|1998|p=427}}

French losses were not higher for several reasons. First, the Allied army had already marched {{convert|20|mi|km}} that morning and was in no condition to pursue. Second, Reille's men valiantly held off Graham's column. Third, the valley by which the French retreated was narrow and well-covered by the 3rd Hussar and the 15th Dragoon Regiments acting as rearguard. Last, the French left their booty behind.{{sfnp|Glover|2001|p=243}}

Many British soldiers turned aside to plunder the abandoned French wagons, containing "the loot of a kingdom". It is estimated that more than £1 million of booty (perhaps £100 million in modern equivalent) was seized, but the gross abandonment of discipline caused an enraged Wellington to write in a dispatch to [[Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst|Earl Bathurst]], "We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers".{{sfnp|Wellington|1838|p=496}} The British general also vented his fury on a new cavalry regiment, writing, "The [[18th Royal Hussars|18th Hussars]] are a disgrace to the name of soldier, in action as well as elsewhere; and I propose to draft their horses from them and send the men to England if I cannot get the better of them in any other manner."{{sfnp|Glover|2001|p=243}} (On 8{{nbsp}}April 1814, the 18th redeemed their reputation in a gallant charge led by [[Henry Murray (British Army officer)|Lieutenant-colonel Sir Henry Murray]] at Croix d'Orade, shortly before the battle of Toulouse)

Order was soon restored, and by December, after detachments had seized [[San Sebastián]] and [[Pamplona]], Wellington's army was encamped in France. 

The [[Peninsular War#Abdication of Napoleon|abdication of Napoleon]] ended the Peninsular War followed by the [[Battle of Toulouse (1814)|Battle of Toulouse]] and the [[Battle of Bayonne]].

===Legacy===
The battle was the inspiration for [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s Opus 91, often called the "Battle Symphony" or "[[Wellington's Victory]]", which portrays the battle as musical drama. Another large-scale composition was [[Johann Bernhard Logier]]'s ''The Battle of Vitoria'' (1813), which combined several military bands with orchestra. The [[artist]] [[George Jones (painter)|George Jones]] was commissioned to produce a painting ''[[The Battle of Vittoria (painting)|The Battle of Vittoria]]'' by [[George IV]] in 1822. 

The climax of the movie ''[[The Firefly (1937 film)|The Firefly]]'', starring [[Jeanette MacDonald]], occurs with Wellington's attack on the French centre. (The film used music from an opera of the same name by [[Rudolf Friml]], but with a totally different plot.)

The battle and French rout also forms the climax to [[Bernard Cornwell]]'s book ''[[Sharpe's Honour]]''.

===Monuments and memorials===
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File:Vitoria - Museo de Armeria 06.JPG|Recreation with model figures of the battle, displayed at the [[:es:Museo de Armería de Álava|Armory Museum (Museo de Armería)]] in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
File:Vitoria - Museo de Armeria 09.JPG|Imperial militaria captured by the allies after the battle, displayed at the [[:es:Museo de Armería de Álava|Armory Museum (Museo de Armería)]] in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
File:Vitoria - Monumento Batalla Vitoria3.JPG|The French withdrawal, Monument to the Battle, in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
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