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Battle of Cabezón

The Battle of Cabezón was an engagement early in the Peninsular War on 12 June 1808 between Spain's Army of Castile, under Cuesta, based at Valladolid, and detachments of Marshal Bessières' French Army Corps under generals General Lasalle and Merle. Lasalle occupied Valladolid without opposition that same evening.

Battle of Cabezón
Battle of Cabezón · Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
12 Jun 1808
Where
Cabezón de Pisuerga
Era
Modern

Topics

Spain264 BCE – todayKingdom of Spain1683 – 1873

Before and after

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