✦ History

Part of Peninsular War

Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro

May 3–5, 1811 · Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro

Result Anglo-Portuguese victory

Wellington beat Masséna's attempt to relieve Almeida on the Spanish border.

On the map Contemporaries

French Empire and allies

Coalition

France
United Kingdom
Portugal
André Masséna military commander
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
48,260c. 45,000
Casualties
2,700c. 2,700
Guns
38
Strength
c. 35,000
Casualties
c. 1,800
Captured
c. 300

Units

French Army of Portugal (1810–1813)
Anglo-Portuguese Army Wellington's army in the Peninsula (1809–1814) 6th (UK) Division

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