Battle of Trocadero

Battle of Trocadero
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)
Date31 August 1823
Location
Result French and Spanish Royalist victory[1]
Belligerents
Kingdom of France Kingdom of France
Spain Ejército de la Fe
Spain Partisans of the Cortes
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of France Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême Spain 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.[dubiousdiscuss] The French defeated the Spanish liberal forces and restored Ferdinand to absolute rule.

  1. ^ A. G. MacDonell (2015). Napoleon and his Marshals. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1516853144.