ORDER OF BATTLE // December 29, 1811
Battle of Navas de Membrillo
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
1 sides catalogued · combined 400 estimated
Empire français
400
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The combat of Navas de Membrillo near Mérida on 29 December 1811 resulted in a setback for British light cavalry under General Rowland Hill, who failed to overcome a French Imperial force of approximately 400 men led by Captain Neveux. Historian Ian Fletcher has characterized the engagement as one of the more disappointing cavalry episodes of the Peninsular War, suggesting it reflected poorly on British cavalry performance in a period when such operations were critical to Hill's operations in Extremadura.
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