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Battle of Albuera
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The result was: not scheduled by BencherliteTalk 09:36, 14 May 2013‎ (UTC)



The Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) was an indecisive battle fought during the Peninsular War when mixed Spanish, British and Portuguese corps engaged elements of the French Armée du Midi (Army of the South) at the small Spanish village of Albuera, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the fortress-town of Badajoz, Spain. From October 1810 Marshal Masséna's Army of Portugal had been tied down in an increasingly hopeless stand-off against Wellington's Allied forces, safely entrenched in and behind the Lines of Torres Vedras. Acting on Napoleon's orders, in early 1811 Marshal Soult led a French expedition from Andalusia into Extremadura to draw Allied forces from the Lines. Masséna's army was already withdrawing to Spain. Soult captured the fortress at Badajoz, but was forced to return to Andalusia. However, Soult left Badajoz strongly garrisoned. In April, Wellington sent an Anglo-Portuguese corps to retake the border town. They drove most of the French from the surrounding area and laid siege to the remainder in Badajoz. With intelligence of another approaching force—a Spanish army under General Joaquín Blake—Soult, planned to turn Beresford's flank and interpose his army between the two. However, Soult was acting on outdated information; unknown to the Marshal, the Spaniards had already linked up with the Anglo-Portuguese corps, and his 24,000 troops faced a combined Allied army of 35,000. The armies met at the village of Albuera. Both sides suffered heavy losses, and the French forced to retreat. Beresford's army was too battered to pursue, but able to resume the investment of Badajoz. Despite Soult's failure to relieve the town, the battle had little strategic effect on the on-going war.

Points allocated: 2-Promoted two or more years ago 1-Date relevant to article topic (202-year anniversary) 1-Last battle was featured in January Total=4 QatarStarsLeague (talk) 17:42, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * An article (Final Fantasy XI) has already gone through this process and was selected for the proposed date after being discussed for several weeks. This will need to be on a different date since the decision has already been made.--174.95.111.89 (talk) 04:05, 14 May 2013 (UTC)


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The result was: not scheduled by Brianboulton (talk) 15:21, 29 April 2016 (UTC)



The Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) was a battle during the Peninsular War. A mixed Spanish, British and Portuguese corps engaged elements of the French Armée du Midi (Army of the South) at the small Spanish village of Albuera, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the frontier fortress-town of Badajoz, Spain. From October 1810 Marshal Masséna's Army of Portugal had been tied down in an increasingly hopeless stand-off against Wellington's Allied forces, safely entrenched in and behind the Lines of Torres Vedras. Acting on Napoleon's orders, in early 1811 Marshal Soult led a French expedition from Andalusia into Extremadura in a bid to draw Allied forces away from the Lines and ease Masséna's plight. Meanwhile, Masséna's army was already withdrawing to Spain. Soult captured the fortress at Badajoz, but was forced to return to Andalusia. However, Soult left Badajoz strongly garrisoned. In April, Wellington sent a powerful Anglo-Portuguese corps to retake the border town. The Allies drove most of the French from the surrounding area and laid siege to the remainder in Badajoz. With intelligence of another approaching force—a Spanish army under General Joaquín Blake—Soult, commanding new French forces, planned to turn Beresford's flank and interpose his army between the two. However, Soult was again acting on outdated information; unknown to the Marshal, the Spaniards had already linked up with the Anglo-Portuguese corps, and his 24,000 troops now faced a combined Allied army 35,000 strong. The opposing armies met at the village of Albuera. Both sides suffered heavily in the ensuing struggle, but the French were eventually forced to retreat. Beresford's army was too battered and exhausted to pursue, but was able to resume the investment of Badajoz.
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 * Promoted: December 18, 2007
 * Reasons for nomination: key date of old article, nice painting...
 * Support as nominator. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:21, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment - Blurb needs trimming — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:58, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I've done a bit - will try to digest and do more later. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:54, 10 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment: William Brill's birth centenary has been nominated for 17 May. I'm not keen on scheduling MilHist on successive days, even with this diversity of topic. The Brill article is more recent, has less issues requiring attention, and its main author is still around. Also it's a centenary. So I'd be inclined to schedule Brill and defer this one, unless there are specific arguments otherwise. Brianboulton (talk) 15:08, 17 April 2016 (UTC)