Wars, politics & history

Battle of Albuera

16 May 1811

1811 battle during the Peninsular War. It took place on 16 May 1811 in what is now Spain. The setting was La Albuera. It was part of the Peninsular War. Those involved included the First French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Kingdom of Portugal and the Kingdom of Spain.

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