Combat of Barquilla

Name: Combat of Barquilla
Start: 1810-07-11

11 Jul 1810 · 40.68° N, 6.71° W

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When: 11 Jul 1810
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 40.68° N, 6.71° W
Description: 1810 combat during the Peninsular War

Combat of Barquilla (1810)

1810 combat during the Peninsular War

The Combat of Barquilla was a minor skirmish between British and French forces two days after the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, in which Robert Craufurd attacked French grenadiers covering a foraging party. The French grenadiers, formed in a single square, made a fighting withdrawal, fending off British cavalry and escaping unscathed.

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Peninsular War2 May 1808 · War of independence

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