Battle of Altafulla
Battle of Altafulla | |||||||
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Part of Peninsular War | |||||||
Castle of Altafulla | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
First French Empire |
Kingdom of Spain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Maurice Mathieu |
Baron de Eroles | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
VII Corps | Army of Catalonia | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
8,000[1] | 10,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
200[1] | 1,200[1] |
At the Battle of Altafulla (24 January 1812), a
Only a few days earlier, on 18 January 1812, Eroles' 4,250-man force had wiped out an 850-strong French battalion of the 121st Line Infantry Regiment at the Col de Balaguer, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southwest of Tarragona. Only the French commander, Jacques Mathurin Lafosse, and 22 dragoons escaped the debacle. Emboldened by his victory, Eroles decided to engage a French force six days later at Altafulla and suffered the loss of between 600 and 2,000 men. Uncowed by his defeat, Eroles repulsed Jean Raymond Charles Bourke's French force when it attacked him at Roda de Isábena on 5 March.
Forces
Mathieu's Imperial forces included three battalions of the French 3rd Light Infantry Regiment, one battalion each of the French 18th Light, 23rd Line, and 115th Line Infantry Regiments, two battalions of the
Notes
References
- Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905). Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- Oman, Charles (1914). A History of the Peninsular War Volume V. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
External links
- Media related to Battle of Altafulla at Wikimedia Commons