CASUALTY RECORD // November 9, 1812
Battle of Alba de Tormes
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
1 sides catalogued · combined 100 estimated
Primer Imperio francés
100
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Alba de Tormes removed the Army of the Duke del Parque as an effective fighting force for the remainder of that winter. Caught mid-crossing on the Tormes River, the Spanish units on the near bank were routed with heavy losses, and del Parque's army was driven into the mountains. This result temporarily secured French operational control in the Salamanca region and denied the Spanish a coherent force capable of threatening French positions in that sector during the winter months. The action fit within the broader pattern of French efforts to suppress organized Spanish resistance during the Peninsular War.
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