The Battle of Almonacid was fought on 11 August 1809 during the Peninsular War between Sébastiani's IV Corps of the French Peninsular Army, which King Joseph of Spain had withdrawn from the Battle of Talavera to defend Madrid, and the Spanish Army of La Mancha under General Venegas. After the decisive charges of Polish uhlans, the battle resulted in a French victory.
Sebastiani
Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta
Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta was a French general, diplomat, and politician, who served as Naval Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of State under the July Monarchy.
Portrait as marshal by Winterhalter (1841). Sébastiani is depicted with the Bosphorus and the Hagia Sophia in the background, referring to his role as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1806 to 1808
Sébastiani as a Lieutenant of the light infantry in 1793, by Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin (1835)
Order of The Crescent insignia
Horace Sébastiani, portrait by Philippe Joseph Tassaert, ca. 1800