Battle of Campo Maior

Battle of Campo Maior
	Part of the Peninsular War
	; The 13th Light Dragoons pursued the beaten French cavalry at Campo Maior, 25 March 1811, by Stanley L. Wood
Date	25 March 1811
Location	Campo Maior, Portugal39°00′N 7°03′W / 39.000°N 7.050°W
Result	Coalition victory
Belligerents
French Empire	United Kingdom; Portugal;
Commanders and leaders
Victor de Faÿ	William Beresford
Strength
2,400	700
Casualties and losses
200 killed, wounded or captured; 1 gun lost	168 killed, wounded or captured

Peninsular War
Castile 1811–13

220km
137miles

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18

Burgos

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Salamanca

14

Astorga

13

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10

Ciudad Rodrigo

9

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Arlabán

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Albuera

3

Campo Maior

2

1

Badajoz

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In the Battle of Campo Maior, or Campo Mayor (an older spelling most often used in English language accounts), on 25 March 1811, Brigadier General Robert Ballard Long with a force of Anglo-Portuguese cavalry, the advance-guard of the army commanded by William Beresford, clashed with a French force commanded by General of Division Marie Victor de Fay, marquis de Latour-Maubourg. Initially successful, some of the Allied horsemen indulged in a reckless pursuit of the French. An erroneous report was given that they had been captured wholesale. In consequence, Beresford halted his forces and the French were able to escape and recover a convoy of artillery pieces.