José Caro Sureda (1764–1813) was a Spanish military commander, the younger brother of Pedro Caro Sureda, 3rd Marquis of La Romana.
[1] His younger brother, Juan Caro Sureda (1775–1820),[2] was also a military commander during the Peninsular War.
At the start of the Anglo-Spanish War, José Caro was given command of the Magdalena that sailed from Cádiz in April 1805 as part of the Spanish squadron led by Federico Gravina, headed for Martinique[1] where, at the Battle of Diamond Rock, a large combined Franco-Spanish fleet[note 1] was able to oust the British garrison the following month.
Promoted to brigadier, with his 2,000-strong column[3] of the newly raised Regiment of Cazadores de Valencia,[1] he was able to help repel Moncey's two successive attacks on the city.
[1] Eventually forced to flee to Mallorca, he was replaced as captain general of Valencia by Field Marshal Luis Alejandro Bassecourt in August 1810.