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    3 Gebora 2 1    The Battle of the Gebora took place during the Peninsular War between Spanish and French armies on 19 February 1811, northwest of Badajoz...
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    FuentesDeOñoro The Battle of Buçaco (pronounced [buˈsaku]) or Bussaco, fought on 27 September 1810 during the Peninsular War in the Portuguese mountain range of Serra...
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    1    The Battle of Waterloo (Dutch: [ˈʋaːtərloː] ) was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
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  • of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the American...
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    Gabriel Mendizábal Yraeta (category Grand Crosses of the Royal and Military Order of San Hermenegild)
    commanded the Spanish forces at the Battle of the Gebora. His military career began as a sergeant major. His first action came during the War of the Pyrenees...
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    neighbourhood on the 18th. (Oman 1911, p. 61.) The stalemate in the west proceeded with the second siege of Badajoz. Battle of the Gebora Bodart 1908, p...
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    as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle occurred near the town of Austerlitz...
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    the ensuing Battle of the Gebora the French inflicted 1,000 casualties on the Spanish field army and took 4,000 prisoners, at a cost to themselves of...
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    as the Battle of Chiclana or Battle of Cerro del Puerco) was part of an unsuccessful manoeuvre by an Anglo-Iberian force to break the French siege of Cádiz...
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    2 Kowno 1    The Battle of (the) Berezina (or Beresina) took place from 26 to 29 November 1812, between Napoleon's Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian...
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    Vitebsk 3 Vilna 2 Kowno 1    The Battle of Borodino (Russian pronunciation: [bərədʲɪˈno]) took place near the village of Borodino on 7 September [O.S...
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    Kowno 1    The Battle of Maloyaroslavets took place on 24 October 1812 as part of the French invasion of Russia. It was Kutuzov's decisive battle to force...
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    Paris 2 Elba 1    The Battle of Ligny, in which French troops of the Armée du Nord under the command of Napoleon I defeated part of a Prussian army under...
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    the perceived insanity of his father, King George III of the United Kingdom. February 19 – Peninsular War – Battle of the Gebora: An outnumbered French...
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    Bar-sur-Aube 1    The Battle of Paris (or the Storming of Paris) was fought on 30–31 March 1814 between the Sixth Coalition, consisting of Russia, Austria...
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       The Battle of Talavera (27–28 July 1809) was fought just outside the town of Talavera de la Reina, Spain some 120 kilometres (75 mi) southwest of Madrid...
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  • José Joaquín Virués (category Spanish commanders of the Napoleonic Wars)
    Division, which he led at the Battle of the Gebora, where he was taken prisoner, along with three brigadiers and at least half of the Spanish army there. Taken...
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    Waterloo 6 5 4 3 Paris 2 Elba 1    The Battle of Wavre was the final major military action of the Hundred Days campaign and the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought...
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    1    The Battle of Laon (9–10 March 1814) was the victory of Blücher's Prussian army over Napoleon's French army near Laon. During the Battle of Craonne...
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    Carlos de España (category Spanish commanders of the Napoleonic Wars)
    fought at the Battle of the Gebora, and was wounded fighting under the orders of General Beresford at the Battle of Albuera. Following that battle, he was...
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    Badajoz bastioned enclosure (category Buildings and structures in the Province of Badajoz)
    sections of this covered way have been preserved. The vicinity of the fort was the site of the Battle of the Gebora on February 19, 1811. This battle, which...
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    The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt (German pronunciation: [ˈjeːna … ˈaʊ̯ɐ.ʃtɛt]; older spelling: Auerstädt) were fought on 14 October 1806 on the...
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    Soult one of his first eighteen Marshal of the Empire. Soult played a key role in many of Napoleon's campaigns, most notably at the Battle of Austerlitz...
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    1    The Battle of Somosierra took place on 30 November 1808, during the Peninsular War, when a combined Franco-Spanish-Polish force under the direct...
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    War of the Sixth Coalition: German campaign 200km 125miles 19 18 17 Leipzig 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    The Battle of Leipzig (French: Bataille...
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    Marshal Édouard Mortier to deal with the Spanish army. Mortier won a crushing victory in the Battle of the Gebora. The Spanish lost 850 killed and wounded...
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    War of the Sixth Coalition: German campaign 200km 125miles 19 18 17 Leipzig 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    The Battle of Hanau was fought from...
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    War of the Fifth Coalition 200km 125miles 22 21 20 19 Wagram 18 17 16 15 Aspern 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    In the Battle of Aspern-Essling (21–22...
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  • The following tables show the sequence of events of the Peninsular War (1807–1814), including major battles, smaller actions, uprisings, sieges and other...
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       The Battle of Tudela (23 November 1808) saw an Imperial French army led by Marshal Jean Lannes attack a Spanish army under General Castaños. The battle...
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