Battle of Villafranca

Quand

17 mars 1809

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

42.61° N, 6.81° W

Description

1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition

1809 Battle of the Peninsular War

The Battle of Villafranca del Bierzo took place on 17 March 1809, during the French occupation of León in the Peninsular War. After a bloody four-hour siege the small and isolated French garrison at Villafranca surrendered to Spanish regulars under Brigadier José de Mendizábal and General Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana.

Source : Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Lire l’article

• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Battle of Villafranca, French garrison forced to surrender to Spanish »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « grenadiers français doivent capituler à Villafranca »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source

• Peninsular War2 mai 1808 · Guerre d’indépendance