Battle of Fuengirola

Overview

The Battle of Fuengirola was a field military engagement of the Peninsular War fought on 15 October 1810 near Fuengirola between the 457-strong Franco-Polish garrisons of the Sohail Castle and the town of Alhaurín el Grande, under Franciszek Młokosiewicz and Ignacy Bronisz's command respectively, and a much larger Anglo-Spanish field force of approx. 2,500 men led by Andrew Blayney, 11th Baron Blayney. In this battle, which was a sortie from the castle and the town, the Anglo-allies were routed.

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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

Forces & casualties

Commanders (2)