Battle of Somosierra

Quand

30 nov. 1808

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

41.13° N, 3.58° W

Description

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

1808 battle of the Peninsular War

The Battle of Somosierra took place on 30 November 1808, during the Peninsular War, when a combined Franco-Napoleonic Spanish-Polish force under the direct command of Napoleon I forced a passage through a Spanish division stationed at the Sierra de Guadarrama, which shielded Madrid from direct French attack.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Peninsular War: Battle of Somosierra: A French cavalry charge of the Polish Chevau-léger (some 8,000 horsemen) of the Imperial Guard under Baron Jan… »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Napoleón derrota la resistencia española en la Batalla de Somosierra »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source

• Peninsular War2 mai 1808 · Guerre d’indépendance