Battle of El Pla
| Battle of El Pla | |||||||
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| Part of Peninsular War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| First French Empire | Kingdom of Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Jacques MacDonald Francesco Eugenio † Giuseppe Palombini |
Marquis Campoverde Pedro Sarsfield | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| VII Corps | Army of Catalonia | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6,000 | 3,800 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 600 | 160 | ||||||
Peninsular War: Aragón Catalonia
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The Battle of El Pla was a battle on 15 January 1811 between an Imperial French column made up of two Italian brigades on one side and a Spanish division under the command of Pedro Sarsfield on the other. The Spanish troops held steady and repulsed the attack of the first brigade, then counterattacked and defeated both brigades. The combat occurred during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. The action was fought near El Pla de Santa Maria, north of Valls, Catalonia, Spain.