Battle of Almonacid
1809 battle of the Peninsular War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Almonacid was fought on 11 August 1809 during the Peninsular War between Sébastiani's IV Corps of the French Peninsular Army, which King Joseph of Spain had withdrawn from the Battle of Talavera to defend Madrid, and the Spanish Army of La Mancha under General Venegas. After the decisive charges of Polish uhlans, the battle resulted in a French victory.[4]
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Battle of Almonacid | |||||||
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Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
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France Duchy of Warsaw | Spain | ||||||
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Horace Sébastiani | Francisco Javier Venegas | ||||||
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28,797[2] | 28,107[2] | ||||||
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2,400[3][1] |
3,300-3,500 killed & wounded 2,000 captured 20-21 guns lost Total: 5,500[3][1] |
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Peninsular war: Castile & Andalusia