Battle of Manresa (1810)

Battle of Manresa (1810)
	Part of Peninsular War
	; Manresa was burned by the French on 30 March 1812.
Date	21 March – 5 April 1810
Location	Manresa, Catalonia, Spain; Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain41°43′46″N 1°49′38″E
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
First French Empire	Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Pierre Augereau; Marie François Rouyer; François de Schwarz	Henry O'Donnell; Juan Caro (WIA); Luis of Campoverde; Francesc Rovira
Units involved
VII Corps	Army of Catalonia
Strength
Vilafranca: 800; Manresa: 3,000	Vilafranca: 7,300; Manresa: 7,300
Casualties and losses
Vilafranca: 800; Manresa: 852	Vilafranca: light; Manresa: light

The Battle of Manresa and Battle of Vilafranca from 21 March to 5 April 1810 saw a Spanish division led by Juan Caro and Luis González Torres de Navarra, Marquess of Campoverde attack an Imperial French brigade commanded by François Xavier de Schwarz.

Peninsular war: Aragón Catalonia

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