Battle of Almonacid

When

11 Aug 1809

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

39.76° N, 3.85° W

Description

1809 battle of the Peninsular War

1809 battle of the Peninsular War

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during the Peninsular War between Sébastiani's IV Corps of the French Peninsular Army, which King Joseph of Spain had withdrawn from the Battle of Talavera to defend Madrid, and the Spanish Army of La Mancha under General Venegas.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.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Almonacid de Toledo: A poorly led Spanish army is defeated by King Joseph Bonaparte's French army”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire française à la bataille d'Almonacid”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Toledo (España) se libra la batalla de Almonacid”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Peninsular War2 May 1808 · War of independence