Battle

Battle of Campo Maior

25 Mar 1811 · 39.02° N, 7.07° W

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25 Mar 1811
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
39.02° N, 7.07° W
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1811 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Campo Maior

1811 battle during the Peninsular War

In the Battle of Campo Maior, or Campo Mayor, on 25 March 1811, Brigadier General Robert Ballard Long with a force of Anglo-Portuguese cavalry, the advance-guard of the army commanded by William Beresford, clashed with a French force commanded by General of Division Marie Victor de Fay, marquis de Latour-Maubourg that was escorting a convoy of siege cannon.

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