ORDER OF BATTLE // May 25, 1811

Battle of Usagre

Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.

Forces engaged

2 sides catalogued · combined 5,500 estimated

French Empire
3,500
Medium-confidence figure
British Empire
2,000
Medium-confidence figure

Battle context

The Battle of Usagre resulted in Anglo-Allied cavalry under Major-General William Lumley routing a French cavalry force commanded by Major-General Marie Victor Latour-Maubourg near the village of Usagre in Spain. The engagement demonstrated the capacity of Allied mounted forces to defeat a numerically superior French cavalry formation, as Lumley's 2,000 troopers overcame a French force estimated at 3,500, inflicting between 170 and 250 casualties. Within the broader Peninsular War, cavalry actions of this kind contested French operational mobility in the Iberian interior and contributed to Allied efforts to maintain pressure on French forces during the 1811 campaign season.

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