The battle was a serious setback for the Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese allies; Wellington had earlier warned the Spanish generals that the Army of Extremadura was "the last body of troops which their country possesses", and later wrote that "he defeat of Mendizabal is the greatest misfortune, which was not previously expected, that has yet occurred to us."
Wellington hade tidigare varnat de spanska generalerna att den extremaduranska armén var "den sista väsentliga trupp som deras land hade", och senare skrev han att "besegrandet av Mendizabal är den största olägenheten som hittills drabbat oss, som inte tidigare var förväntad".WikiMatrix WikiMatrix