Battle of Albuera

When

16 May 1811

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

38.71° N, 6.82° W

Description

1811 battle during the Peninsular War

1811 battle in the Peninsular War

The Battle of Albuera was a battle during the Peninsular War. A mixed British, Spanish and Portuguese corps engaged elements of the French armée du Midi at the small Spanish village of Albuera, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the frontier fortress-town of Badajoz, Spain.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Peninsular War – Battle of Albuera: Spain, Portugal, and Great Britain defeat the French”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Eine alliierte Armee aus Briten, Portugiesen und Spaniern, kommandiert von Sir William Beresford”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les alliés britanniques, espagnols et portugais repoussent l'armée française du maréchal Soult à la bataille d'Albuera”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Ла—Альбуэра”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “cerca de Badajoz ―en el marco de la guerra de Independencia española― los españoles libran la batalla de La Albuera contra los invasores franceses”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Peninsular War2 May 1808 · War of independence