Battle of Cervera (1811)
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Battle of Cervera (1811) | |||||||
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Part of Peninsular War | |||||||
Cervera | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
First French Empire |
Kingdom of Spain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jacques MacDonald |
Luis Roberto de Lacy | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
VII Corps | Army of Catalonia | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1,000 | 8,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
995 | unknown |
In the Battle of Cervera (4 to 14 October 1811) a
Jacques MacDonald. The actions were highly successful and netted nearly 1,000 enemy prisoners. The clashes occurred during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. The largest garrison was located at Cervera which is located about 55 kilometres (34 mi) east of Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain
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Background
After the Army of Catalonia was nearly destroyed in the
Baron de Eroles, Pedro Sarsfield, and Francisco Milans del Bosch. With the Royal Navy's assistance, Lacy seized the Medes Islands at the mouth of the Ter River on 12 September.[2]
Battle
On 4 October 1811, Lacy's forces captured 200 Imperial troops at
Santa Maria de Montserrat on Montserrat Mountain.[2]
Notes
- ^ Smith 1998, pp. 365–366.
- ^ a b Oman 1996, pp. 540–541.
References
- Oman, Charles (1996). A History of the Peninsular War Volume IV. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole. ISBN 1-85367-224-6.
- Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
Further reading
- Oman, Sir Charles William Chadwick (1902d). A History of the Peninsular War. Vol. IV. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
External links
- Media related to Battle of Cervera (1811) at Wikimedia Commons