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The Battle of Talavera (27–28 July 1809) was fought just outside the town of Talavera de la Reina, Spain some 120 kilometres (75 mi) southwest of Madrid, during the Peninsular War. At Talavera, a British army under Sir Arthur Wellesley combined with a Spanish army under General Cuesta fought in operations against French-occupied Madrid.
The British 48th Foot charges at the Battle of Talavera. The Battle of Talavera (27–28 July 1809) saw an Imperial French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan attack a combined British and Spanish army led by Sir Arthur Wellesley.
The Battle of Talavera de la Reina was fought on 3 September 1936 in the Spanish Civil War.The Republicans, attempting to bar the road to Madrid at Talavera de la Reina, were defeated by the professional army of the Nationalists, with heavy casualties on both sides.
Battle of Talavera de la Reina, Spain, an 1809 battle of the Peninsular War; Battle of Talavera de la Reina (1936), during the Spanish Civil War; People.
The Battles of Talavera is an 1809 poem by the Irish writer John Wilson Croker. [1] It was written in commemoration of the Battle of Talavera , where Sir Arthur Wellesley led an Allied force of British, Portuguese and Spanish troops to a victory over the French in the Peninsular War .
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Talavera de la Reina (Spanish pronunciation: [talaˈβeɾa ðe la ˈrejna]) is a city and municipality of Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Its population of 83,303 [ 2 ] makes it the second most populated municipality of the province of Toledo and the fourth largest in the region.
The Monument to the Battle of Talavera is a monument located in Talavera de la Reina, Spain. It is a memorial to the casualties of the Battle of Talavera in July 1809, one of the bloodiest of the Peninsular War.