Battle of Brihuega

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Battle of Brihuega
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
A portrait of the Duke of Vendôme
Date 8–9 December, 1710 Location Brihuega, Guadalajara, Spain 40°46′N 2°52′W / 40.767°N 2.867°W / 40.767; -2.867 Result Franco-Spanish victory
Belligerents
France Bourbon Spain	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Duke of Vendôme	Lord Stanhope   Charles Wills
Strength
10,000[1]	4,000[1]
Casualties and losses
1,200 dead or wounded[1]	600 dead 3,400 wounded or captured[1]

Brihuega

Madrid

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Spain

The Battle of Brihuega took place on 8 December 1710 in the War of the Spanish Succession, during the Allied retreat from Madrid to Barcelona. A British Army rearguard led by James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope was cut off and trapped within the town of Brihuega before being overwhelmed by a Franco-Spanish army under the command of Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme. The battle, along with other events, brought an end to British participation in the war.^[2]