Battle of Tamames

Battle of Tamames
Part of the Peninsular War
Date18 October 1809[1]
Location
Tamames, near Salamanca, Spain
40°40′N 6°06′W / 40.66°N 6.10°W / 40.66; -6.10
Result Spanish victory[1]
Belligerents
France French Empire  Spain
Commanders and leaders
First French Empire Jean Marchand Spain Duke del Parque
Strength
11,000 [1] 21,000 [1]
Casualties and losses
1,300–1,400 killed or wounded[1][2] 700–713 killed or wounded[1]
1 gun lost[2]
Peninsular war: Castile & Andalusia
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The Battle of Tamames was lost by part of Marshal Michel Ney's French army under General of Division Jean Marchand in the Peninsular War. The French, advancing out of Salamanca, were met and defeated in battle by a Spanish army on 18 October 1809.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Bodart 1908, p. 413.
  2. ^ a b Smith 1998, pp. 333–334.
  3. ^ Esdaile 2003, p. 216.