Battle of Ordal
The Battle of Ordal on 12 and 13 September 1813 saw a First French Empire corps led by Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet make a night assault on a position held by Lieutenant General Lord William Bentinck's smaller Anglo-Allied and Spanish advance guard. The Allies, under the tactical direction of Colonel Frederick Adam, were defeated and driven from a strong position at the Ordal defile largely because they failed to post adequate pickets. In an action the next morning at Vilafranca del Penedès, the Allied cavalry clashed with the pursuing French horsemen. The actions occurred during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. Ordal and El Lledoner are located on Highway N-340 between Molins de Rei and Vilafranca.
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Battle of Ordal
The Battle of Ordal on 12 and 13 September 1813 saw a First French Empire corps led by Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet make a night assault on a position held by Lieutenant General Lord William Bentinck's smaller Anglo-Allied and Spanish advance guard. The Allies, under the tactical direction of Colonel Frederick Adam, were defeated and driven from a strong position at the Ordal defile largely because they failed to post adequate pickets. In an action the next morning at Vilafranca del Penedès, the Allied cavalry clashed with the pursuing French horsemen. The actions occurred during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. Ordal and El Lledoner are located on Highway N-340 between Molins de Rei and Vilafranca.
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Le combat du col d'Ordal se dé ...... ais jusqu'à la fin du conflit.
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The Battle of Ordal on 12 and ...... ds at the end of the conflict.
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Ordal: 270–871
Vilafranca: 107
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First French Empire
United Kingdom
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1813-09-13
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French victory
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Ordal: 12,000
Ordal: 3,808
Vilafranca: 1,750
Vilafranca: 770
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Ordal: 975, 4 guns
Vilafranca: 134
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Le combat du col d'Ordal se dé ...... ique placée à l'arrière-garde.
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The Battle of Ordal on 12 and ...... Molins de Rei and Vilafranca.
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Battle of Ordal
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Combat du col d'Ordal
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Battle of Ordal
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