Battle of Villagarcia

Name: Battle of Villagarcia
Start: 1812

1812 CE.

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The Battle of Villagarcia took place on 11 April 1812, near the village of Villagarcia de la Torre in Spain. Part of the Peninsular War, British cavalry under Sir Stapleton Cotton routed a French cavalry force led by Charles Lallemand. The French cavalry had become isolated from the main body of their army, and Stapleton tried to cut them off through simultaneous frontal and flank attacks. The plan came close to disaster when troops making the frontal assault did so prematurely, before the situation was saved by the arrival of forces under John Le Marchant on the French left. Casualties were roughly similar on both sides, but the French were forced to retreat and lost 136 prisoners.

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