Battle of Alba de Tormes

Wann

28. Nov. 1809

Art

Schlacht

Koordinaten

40.83° N, 5.50° W

Description

1809 battle during the Peninsular War

1809 battle during the Peninsular War

In the Battle of Alba de Tormes on 28 November 1809, an Imperial French corps commanded by François Étienne de Kellermann attacked a Spanish army led by Diego de Cañas y Portocarrero, Duke del Parque. Finding the Spanish army in the midst of crossing the Tormes River, Kellermann did not wait for his infantry under Jean Gabriel Marchand to arrive, but led the French cavalry in a series of charges that routed the Spani…

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