Battle of Uclés (1809)
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| Battle of Uclés | |||||||
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| Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 French Empire |
 Spain |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Claude Victor-Perrin | Francisco Javier Venegas | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 16,300[1] | 11,980[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 200[2] | 2,000 killed and wounded 6,000 captured[2] |
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The Battle of Uclés (13 January 1809) was a minor skirmish during the Peninsular War that resulted in a French victory under Marshal Claude Victor-Perrin against the Spanish under General Francisco Javier Venegas.
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- Gates, David (1986), The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War, Pimlico (published 2002), ISBN 0-7126-9730-6.
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