Peninsular War Arce was appointed lieutenant general by the Junta of Extremadura in June 1808. The following October, as Governor of
Vich, he led Spanish troops in an action at
Badalona. On 1 January 1810, the captain-general, unable to offer much resistance to General
Bonet's 7,000 troops out of
Santander, evacuated
Oviedo. ==Postwar==