Battle of Gamonal

Battle of Gamonal
	Part of the Peninsular War
	; "Battle of Burgos or Gamonal" (Atlas de la Guerra de la Independencia (National Library of Spain)
Date	10 November 1808
Location	Gamonal, near Burgos, Spain42.3558°N 3.6681°W
Result	French victory
Belligerents
French Empire	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Soult	Conde de Belvedere
Strength
18,000 infantry; 6,500 cavalry	9,800 infantry; 1,200 cavalry
Casualties and losses
200	3,400

The Battle of Gamonal (also known, in Spanish, as the Battle of Burgos) was fought on 10 November 1808, during the Peninsular War in the village of Gamonal, near Burgos, Spain. A French army under Soult overwhelmed the outnumbered Spanish troops under General Belvedere, opening central Spain, including Madrid, to invasion.

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