Battle of Majadahonda
| Battle of Majadahonda | |||||||
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| Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
Map of the Battle of Majadahonda, (second phase) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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France Italy Westphalia |
United Kingdom Portugal | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Anne-François-Charles Trelliard | Benjamin d'Urban | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,000 | 2,300 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 100 killed, wounded or captured | 176–200 killed, wounded or captured | ||||||
Castile 1811–13
137miles
The Battle of Majadahonda (11 August 1812) saw an Imperial French cavalry division led by Anne-François-Charles Trelliard attack two brigades of cavalry under Benjamin d'Urban and forming the advance guard of Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Wellington's army. Trelliard's leading brigade routed d'Urban's Portuguese horsemen and overran three British cannons. King's German Legion (KGL) cavalry led by Eberhardt Otto George von Bock intervened to halt the Imperial French horsemen, but were finally compelled to withdraw when Trelliard committed his second and third brigades to the contest. The Imperial French cavalry was unable to cope with a KGL infantry battalion defending a village and they withdrew at the approach of additional British cavalry and infantry. This Peninsular War action was fought near Majadahonda, which is located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northwest of Madrid.