Battle of Somosierra

Wann

30. Nov. 1808

Art

Schlacht

Koordinaten

41.13° N, 3.58° W

Description

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

1808 battle of the Peninsular War

The Battle of Somosierra took place on 30 November 1808, during the Peninsular War, when a combined Franco-Napoleonic Spanish-Polish force under the direct command of Napoleon I forced a passage through a Spanish division stationed at the Sierra de Guadarrama, which shielded Madrid from direct French attack.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Peninsular War: Battle of Somosierra: A French cavalry charge of the Polish Chevau-léger (some 8,000 horsemen) of the Imperial Guard under Baron Jan…“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Napoleón derrota la resistencia española en la Batalla de Somosierra“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite

• Peninsular War2. Mai 1808 · Unabhängigkeitskrieg