Combat of Barquilla (1810)

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Combat of Barquilla
Part of Peninsular War
Date 11 July 1810 Location Heights of Barquilla, north of Villar de Puerco, Castile and León, Spain 40°40′N 6°42′W / 40.667°N 6.700°W / 40.667; -6.700 Result French victory
Belligerents
French Empire	United Kingdom Portugal
Commanders and leaders
Pierre Gouache	Robert Craufurd
Strength
200 infantry 30-40 cavalry	unknown
Casualties and losses
31 captured	32-40 casualties

Peninsular war

200km
125miles

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Fuentes de Oñoro

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Sabugal

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Lisbon

5

Bussaco

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Almeida

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Ciudad Rodrigo

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Astorga

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Third French invasion:

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Siege of Astorga March April 1810

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Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo April 1810

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Siege of Almeida July 1810
3.1 Blockade of Almeida April 1811

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Battle of Bussaco September 1810

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Torres Vedras protects Lisbon

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Battle of Redinha March 1811

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Battle of Sabugal April 1811

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Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro May 1811

The Combat of Barquilla (11 July 1810) was a minor skirmish between British and French forces two days after the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, in which Robert Craufurd attacked French grenadiers covering a foraging party. The French grenadiers, formed in a single square, made a fighting withdrawal, fending off British cavalry and escaping unscathed.