BATTLE // October 15, 1810
Battle of Fuengirola
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Significance
At Fuengirola, a Franco-Polish garrison of roughly 457 men repulsed and routed an Anglo-Spanish force of approximately 2,500 under Lord Blayney, demonstrating that dispersed Napoleonic garrisons on the Andalusian coast could hold against numerically superior Allied expeditionary forces. The outcome secured the Sohail Castle position and the town of Alhaurín el Grande for French-aligned forces, frustrating British efforts to exploit coastal footholds in southern Spain during the Peninsular War. The defeat also resulted in the capture of Lord Blayney himself, removing a senior British commander from the theater.
Tactics
The Franco-Polish defenders fought the engagement as a coordinated sortie, with the Sohail Castle garrison under Młokosiewicz and the Alhaurín el Grande garrison under Bronisz moving out from their respective positions to strike the besieging Anglo-Spanish force. By taking the offensive from fortified bases rather than passively defending, the two garrison elements combined to rout a force more than five times their combined strength.
Forces & casualties
Troop strength
- United Kingdom1,000medium
Casualties
- Empire français100medium
Commanders (2)
Duchy of Warsaw
- Franciszek Młokosiewicz
sergeant
United Kingdom
Lord Blayneylieutenant-general
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