Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros

Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros
	Part of the Peninsular War
Date	10-11 November 1808
Location	Espinosa de los Monteros, northeast of Castile and Leon, Spain43.0667°N 3.5333°W
Result	French victory
Belligerents
French Empire	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Claude Victor	Joaquín Blake; Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana
Strength
21,000	23,000
Casualties and losses
1,100	5,400

The Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros took place during of the Napoleonic Wars, fought on 10 and 11 November 1808 at the village of Espinosa de los Monteros in the Cantabrian Mountains. It resulted in a French victory under Marshal Victor against Lieutenant General Joaquín Blake's Army of Galicia.

Peninsular war: Napoleon's invasion

200km
125miles

Corunna

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10

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Zaragoza

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Somosierra

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Tudela

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Espinosa

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Roses

2

Zornoza

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