معركة بارّوسا

معركة بارّوسا
جزء من حرب شبه الجزيرة الأيبيرية
Vista de Cádiz y sus contornos hacia 1813.jpg
Map of the environs of Cádiz (c. 1813)
التاريخ5 مارس 1811
الموقع
النتيجة
  • Tactical allied victory
  • Strategically indecisive
المتحاربون
القادة والزعماء
القوى
  • 5,200 British and Portuguese
  • c. 10,000 Spanish
  • 10,160
الضحايا والخسائر
  • 1,240 killed or wounded (British command)
  • 300–400 Spanish
  • c. 2,380 killed or wounded
قالب:Campaignbox Siege of Cádiz

معركة بارّوسا 1811 - حرب شبه الجزيرة الأيبيرية: قوة فرنسية بقيادة المارشال ڤيكتور يتم دحرها أثناء محاولتها منع جيش إنگليزي-إسپاني-پرتغالي من رفع حصار كاديز في معركة بارّوسا.

Cádiz had been invested by the French in early 1810, leaving it accessible from the sea, but in March of the following year a reduction in the besieging army gave its garrison of Anglo-Spanish troops an opportunity to lift the siege. A large Allied strike-force was shipped south from Cádiz to Tarifa, and moved to engage the siege lines from the rear. The French, under the command of Marshal Victor, were aware of the Allied movement and redeployed to prepare a trap. Victor placed one division on the road to Cádiz, blocking the Allied line of march, while his two remaining divisions fell on the single Anglo-Portuguese rearguard division under the command of Sir Thomas Graham.

Following a fierce battle on two fronts, the British succeeded in routing the attacking French forces. A lack of support from the larger Spanish contingent prevented an absolute victory, and the French were able to regroup and reoccupy their siege lines. Graham's tactical victory proved to have little strategic effect on the continuing war, to the extent that Victor was able to claim the battle as a French victory since the siege remained in force until finally being lifted on 24 August 1812.

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مقدمة


التمهيد للمعركة

Portrait of Thomas Graham from the frontispiece of his biography by Alexander M. Delavoye published in 1880
Map of the route taken by the Allied forces on the campaign

المعركة

Map of the battle, from Alison's History of Europe

الهجوم الفرنسي

استجابة جراهام

Barrosa Ridge

Leval's advance

التراجع الفرنسي

العواقب

في الخيال

المصادر

هوامش توضيحية

Citations

قائمة المراجع