What the records say
- When
- 10 Nov 1808
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 42.36° N, 3.67° W
- Description
- 1808 battle during the Peninsular War
Battle of Gamonal
1808 Battle during the Peninsular War
The Battle of Gamonal was fought on 10 November 1808, during the Peninsular War in the village of Gamonal near Burgos, Spain. A French army under Soult overwhelmed the outnumbered Spanish troops under General Belvedere, opening central Spain, including Madrid, to invasion.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Gamonal”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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