Battle of Almonacid

Battle of Almonacid

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Almonacid
partof=the Peninsular War


caption=
date=August 11, 1809
place=Almonacid, near Toledo, Spain
result=French victory
combatant1=flagicon|France France
combatant2=flag|Spain|1785
commander1=Baron Sébastiani
commander2=Joaquín Venegas
strength1=26,000 infantry,
4,000 cavalry,
40 guns
strength2=23,000 infantry,
3,000 cavalry,
29 guns
casualties1=2,500 dead
casualties2=4,000 dead, wounded, or captured

The Battle of Almonacid was fought on August 11, 1809 during the Peninsular War between Sébastiani's IV Corps of the "French Peninsular Army", which had withdrawn from the Battle of Talavera to defend Madrid, and the Spanish "Army of La Mancha" under General Venegas.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.

External links

* [http://www.1808-1814.org/batallas/balmona.html Details of the Battale of Almonacid] in Spanish


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