What the records say
- When
- 15 Oct 1810
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.55° N, 4.62° W
- Description
- 1810 battle during the Peninsular War
Battle of Fuengirola
1810 battle during the Peninsular War
The Battle of Fuengirola was a field military engagement of the Peninsular War fought on 15 October 1810 near Fuengirola between the 457-strong Franco-Polish garrisons of the Sohail Castle and the town of Alhaurín el Grande, under Franciszek Młokosiewicz and Ignacy Bronisz's command respectively, and a much larger Anglo-Spanish field force of approx. 2,500 men led by Andrew Blayney, 11th Baron Blayney.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire des franco-polonais sur les Britanniques à la bataille de Fuengirola près de Malaga”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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