Battle of San Millan-Osma
1813 CE.
Shown on the map at 42.891°, -3.064°.
In the Battles of San Millán and Osma (18 June 1813) two divisions of the Allied army of Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington clashed with two divisions of King Joseph Bonaparte's Imperial French army in northeast Spain. "extremely punishing couple of miniature battles at Osma and San Millan which ruined Maucune's division and sent the Army of … There were in fact two armies involved in the campaign of 1813" "Contact was, however, inevitable and on 18 June there was a sharp fight at the small village of San Millan, when the Light … The French tried to make a stand at Osma the same day, but this was effortlessly beaten back and with it went …" At San Millán de San Zadornil, Charles Alten's Light Division mauled over Antoine Louis Popon de Maucune's French division. At Osma, 7.4 kilometres (4.6 mi) to the northeast, Jacques Thomas Sarrut's French division fought an inconclusive skirmish with Kenneth Howard's division before withdrawing to the southeast. San Millán de San Zadornil is located in the Province of Burgos while Osma is in Álava, Basque Country.
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