Combat of Barquilla (1810)

Combat of Barquilla
	Part of Peninsular War
Date	11 July 1810
Location	Heights of Barquilla, north of Villar de Puerco, Castile and León, Spain40°40′N 6°42′W / 40.667°N 6.700°W
Result	French victory
Belligerents
French Empire	United Kingdom; Portugal
Commanders and leaders
Pierre Gouache	Robert Craufurd
Strength
200 infantry; 30-40 cavalry	Unknown
Casualties and losses
31 captured	32–40 casualties

Peninsular War

220km
137miles

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Fuentes de Oñoro

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Sabugal

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Lisbon

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Bussaco

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Almeida

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Ciudad Rodrigo

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Astorga

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Third French invasion:

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Siege of Astorga March April 1810

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Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo April 1810

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Siege of Almeida July 1810
3.1 Blockade of Almeida April 1811

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Battle of Bussaco September 1810

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Torres Vedras protects Lisbon

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Battle of Redinha March 1811

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Battle of Sabugal April 1811

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Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro May 1811

The Combat of Barquilla (11 July 1810) was a minor skirmish between British and French forces two days after the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, in which Robert Craufurd attacked French grenadiers covering a foraging party. The French grenadiers, formed in a single square, made a fighting withdrawal, fending off British cavalry and escaping unscathed.