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Battle of Carpio

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Battle of Carpio
Part of the Peninsular War
Date23 November 1809
Location41°13′N 5°6′W / 41.217°N 5.100°W / 41.217; -5.100
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
First French Empire French Empire Spain Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
First French Empire François Étienne de Kellermann Spain Duke del Parque
Strength
11,700 19,000
Casualties and losses
1,100 dead or wounded 60 dead and 88 wounded
Peninsular war: Castile & Andalusia 1809–1810
100km
62miles
Tormes
12
11
Tamames
10
9
8
Talavera
7
Alcántara
6
Medellín
5
Ciudad Real
4
3
2
Uclés
1
Map

The Battle of Carpio or Battle of El Carpio took place at El Carpio, near Medina del Campo, Valladolid, on 23 November 1809, between a Spanish force of 19,000 men commanded by the Lieutenant-General Diego de Cañas y Portocarrero, Duke del Parque and a French force of 10,000 regulars and 1,700 cavalry under the General François Étienne de Kellermann during the Peninsular War. The French forces were defeated and forced to leave the town. In this struggle, died two distinguished Spanish leaders, Salvador de Molina and Colonel Juan Drimgold.

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Transcription

Background

The Spanish campaign in late 1809 had started with the Battle of Talavera.

Del Parque led the northern army in a two pronged offensive against Madrid. He enjoyed some success at first, pushing back Marchand and the VI Corps at Tamames. Then the southern army met disaster at the Battle of Ocaña. Historian David Gates wrote,[1]

Marchand again left Salamanca to the enemy and fell back to the Douro, uniting with Kellermann's colonne mobile - which had hastened to his assistance - at Medina del Campo. After fighting a cursory engagement there, however, Del Parque learnt of the Ocaña débâcle and, realising that Joseph's forces were now free to concentrate against him, went into immediate retreat for the sanctuary of the sierras.[1]

Aftermath

The Spanish campaign in late 1809 proceeded with the second Madrid offensive in the Battle of Alba de Tormes, where Kellermann and Marchand caught up with Del Parque on 26 November 1809 and inflicted a stinging defeat on the Spanish army.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Gates 2002, p. 204.

References

  • Gates, David (2002). The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. London: Pimlico. ISBN 0-7126-9730-6.

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