What the records say
- When
- 25 Mar 1811
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.02° N, 7.07° W
- Description
- 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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