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BATTLE // October 4, 1811

Battle of Cervera

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Significance

The structured record attributes this engagement to the Peninsular War in October 1811, with commanders MacDonald and Lacy and a near-total French casualty figure of 995 from a force of 1,000. However, the supplied overview describes an entirely different engagement — a medieval battle near Espinosa de Cervera between Christian counts and the Caliphate of Córdoba under Almanzor, recorded as the fifty-second victory of his career in the Dikr bilad al-Andalus. Because the source text does not correspond to the stated battle, no grounded significance for a Peninsular War engagement at Cervera in 1811 can be established from the supplied material.

Forces & casualties

Troop strength

  • First French Empire1,000
    medium
  • Kingdom of Spain8,000
    medium

Kingdom of Spain fielded a 8.0 : 1 numerical advantage

Casualties

  • Французская империя995
    medium
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Commanders (2)

First French Empire

Kingdom of Spain

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