Battle of Usagre

Battle of Usagre
Part of the Peninsular War

Battle of Usagre
Date25 May 1811
Location38°20′42″N 6°10′18″W / 38.3449°N 6.1716°W / 38.3449; -6.1716
Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
First French Empire French Empire
Commanders and leaders
First French Empire Victor de Faÿ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Lumley
Strength
3,500 2,000
6 guns
Casualties and losses
250 killed, wounded or captured[1] 20 killed, wounded or captured
Peninsular War
Castile 1811–13
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In the Battle of Usagre on 25 May 1811, Anglo-Allied cavalry commanded by Major-General William Lumley routed a French cavalry force led by Major-General Marie Victor Latour-Maubourg at the village of Usagre, Spain, in the Peninsular War.

  1. ^ Fortescue 1917, p. 220.