Battle of Sahagún

Battle of Sahagún
	Part of the Peninsular War
	; A portrait of Henry, Lord Paget, later 1st Marquess of Anglesey, as Colonel of the 7th Light Dragoons (Hussars) circa 1807.
Date	21 December 1808
Location	Leon, Spain42°22′15″N 5°01′45″W / 42.3708°N 5.0292°W
Result	British victory
Belligerents
France	United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
César Alexandre Debelle	Henry, Lord Paget
Strength
800 dragoons & chasseurs	400 hussars; This figure does not include the 10th Hussars
Casualties and losses
20 killed & wounded; 13 officers and over 300 other ranks captured	4 killed; 21 wounded

Peninsular War: Napoleon's invasion

210km
130miles

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Corunna

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Sahagún

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Zaragoza

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Somosierra

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Tudela

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Roses

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Zornoza

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The Battle of Sahagún (21 December 1808) was a cavalry clash at Sahagún, Spain, in which the British 15th Light Dragoons (Hussars) defeated two regiments of French cavalry during the Corunna Campaign of the Peninsular War. Losses to one of the French regiments were so heavy that it was subsequently disbanded. The action marked the final phase of the British army's advance into the interior of Spain, before they began their harrowing retreat to the coast and ultimate evacuation by sea.