Battle of Ordal
1813 CE.
Shown on the map at 41.398°, 1.848°.
The Battle of Ordal (also referred to as the Combat of the Ordal Cross) was a meeting engagement on 12 and 13 September 1813 that saw a First French Empire corps led by Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet make a night assault on a position held by Lieutenant General Lord William Bentinck's Anglo-Allied advance guard. The Allies, under the tactical direction of Colonel Frederick Adam, were defeated and driven from a strong position at the Ordal defile largely because he failed to post adequate pickets; Bentinck, on the other hand, underestimated the enemy's possible decisive action and its strength, and because of his blunder, the Allies put up smaller forces for defense, although overall they had more. In an action the next morning at Vilafranca del Penedès, the Allied cavalry clashed with the pursuing French horsemen and were forced to retire. These were the last victories of the "French Eagle" on Spanish soil. The actions occurred during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars.
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