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Battle of Trocadero | |||||||
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Part of the Spanish Expedition | |||||||
French nocturnal decisive assault on Fort Trocadero, on the night of 30 and the day of 31 August 1823 (by P. Delaroche, Chateau de Versailles) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of France Ejército de la Fe | Partisans of the Cortes | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême | Colonel Garcés | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
30,000 soldiers | 1,700 soldiers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
31 dead 110 wounded |
150 dead 300 wounded 1,000 captured |
The Battle of Trocadero, fought on 31 August 1823, was the only significant battle in France's expedition in support of the Spanish King Ferdinand VII.[dubious – discuss] The French defeated the Spanish liberal forces and restored Ferdinand to absolute rule.