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Battle of Villagarcia
In the Battle of Villagarcia (also known as the Battle of Llerena) on 11 April 1812, British cavalry commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton routed a French cavalry force led by General de Brigade Charles Lallemand at the village of Villagarcia in the Peninsular War. Cotton intended to trap the French cavalry, which was separated by a number of miles from the main body of the French army, by executing simultaneous frontal and flank attacks. The plan came close to disaster when the forces making the frontal
Villagarcia
Villagarcia may refer to:
- Vilagarcía de Arousa, a municipality in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
- Villagarcía de Campos, a municipality in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain
- Villagarcía del Llano, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
- Villagarcía de la Torre, a municipality in Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
- Villa García, a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay
- Villa Garcia, a municipality in Zacatecas, Mexico
- Battle of Villagarcia or Llerena, 1812