Louis-Chrétien Carrière, baron de Beaumont was a French cavalry general during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Louis Chrétien Carrière de Beaumont
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
Louis-Chrétien Carrière, Baron de Beaumont
…part of Marshal Bessières' II Corps. On 26 October 1808 he was proclaimed Baron de Beaumont. Returning to Victor's corps on 15 December, he fought at Uclés and at Medellín, where his brigade broke the enemy right and captured 6000 men. He was wounded at Talavera, took 4,000 prisoners at Ocaña, and took…
Venegas watched the battle from the monastery in Uclés
Claude Perrin Victor
Duke of Infantado
Francisco Venegas