What the records say
- When
- 8 Dec 1710
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 40.77° N, 2.87° W
- Description
- 1710 battle
Battle of Brihuega
1710 battle
The Battle of Brihuega took place on 8 December 1710 in the War of the Spanish Succession, during the Allied retreat from Madrid to Barcelona. A British Army rearguard led by James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope was cut off and trapped within the town of Brihuega before being overwhelmed by a Franco-Spanish army under the command of Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme.
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