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The battle of Carpio

Carpio, Tierra de Medina, Valladolid

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The battle of Carpio

Historical milestone · Carpio, Tierra de Medina, Valladolid

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The Battle of Carpio was fought on 23 November 1809 beside this town in the province of Valladolid, near Medina del Campo, during the Peninsular War. Napoleonic troops, with 10,000 men under General Kellermann, occupied the town; the Spanish, about 19,000 soldiers commanded by the Duke of Parque, advanced on it and fought a hard battle, in which the Spanish commanders Salvador de Molina and Colonel Juan Drimgold were killed. The French were repelled and the town was freed, although the victory proved not to be decisive: a few days later, on 28 November, the French took their revenge at Alba de Tormes. The village, which then had around 650 inhabitants, remained a reference point of the campaign on the banks of the Trabancos.

23 de noviembre de 1809

Photo: Fundación Joaquín Díaz (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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