Battle of Uclés (1809)

Battle of Uclés (1809)

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Uclés
partof=the Peninsular War


caption=
date=13 January 1809
place=Spain
result=French victory
combatant1=flagicon|France French Empire
combatant2=flagicon|Spain|1785 Spain
commander1=Claude Victor-Perrin
commander2=Francisco Javier Venegas
strength1=16,300Gates, p. 117]
strength2=11,980
casualties1=200Gates, p.118]
casualties2=2,000 killed and wounded
6,000 captured
The Battle of Uclés (13 January 1809) was a minor skirmish during the Peninsular War that resulted in a French victory under Marshal Claude Victor-Perrin against the Spanish under General Francisco Javier Venegas.

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References

*citation
last = Gates
first = David
publication-date = 2002
date = 1986
year = 1986
title = The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War
publisher = Pimlico
isbn = 0-7126-9730-6
.



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