Battle of Uclés (1809)
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The Battle of Uclés saw an Imperial French corps led by Marshal Claude Perrin Victor attack a Spanish force under Francisco Javier Venegas. The French easily crushed their outnumbered foes, capturing
Venegas watched the battle from the monastery in Uclés
Claude Perrin Victor
Duke of Infantado
Francisco Venegas
The Dutch Brigade was a formation of the army of the Kingdom of Holland. King Louis Bonaparte sent the brigade in September 1808, to take part in the Peninsular War on the French side at the request o
Battle of Uclés (1809)
…return of the IV Corps from Ávila. These heavy reinforcements allowed Napoleon's defensive scheme around Madrid to be reestablished. Reinforced by the Dutch Brigade, Leval's division was sent to garrison Talavera while Valence's division was ordered to hold Toledo. The divisions of Dessolles and Sébastiani became…
Illustration of the Dutch Brigade in action by Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht
David Hendrik Chassé in 1832
The attack of the Brigade at Mesas de Ibor