In the Battle of Majadahonda on August 11, 1812, an Allied cavalry force under Major-General George Bock and Brigadier-General Benjamin d'Urban fought a French cavalry division led by Major-General Anne François Treilliard to a draw. Majadahonda and Las Rozas are located 16 km and 17 km northwest of Madrid.
After General Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington's great victory at the Battle of Salamanca, the Anglo-Allied army moved on Madrid from...
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In the Battle of Majadahonda on August 11, 1812, an Allied cavalry force under Major-General George Bock and Brigadier-General Benjamin d'Urban fought a French cavalry division led by Major-General Anne François Treilliard to a draw. Majadahonda and Las Rozas are located 16 km and 17 km northwest of Madrid.
After General Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington's great victory at the Battle of Salamanca, the Anglo-Allied army moved on Madrid from the northwest. On August 11, the 1st, 11th and 12th Dragoons of D'Urban's Portuguese brigade formed Wellington's advanced guard. Behind them was Bock's brigade, consisting of the 1st and 2nd King's German Legion (KGL) Dragoons. Farther back in the column, Colonel Colin Halkett led the 1st and 2nd KGL Light Infantry battalions, plus 7 companies of the Brunswick Oels battalion.
D'Urban's troopers were surprised by Treilliard's division, which included the 13th, 18th, 19th and 22nd Dragoons, plus the Westphalian Mounted Chasseurs and the Italian...
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