battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Battle of Pla
Battle of Pla was a battle fought on 15 January 1811 at El Pla de Santa Maria, in what is now Spain. It was part of the Peninsular War, which ran from 1808 to 1814. The recorded result: Spanish victory. Recorded strength: 6,000 against 3,800.
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Record
| Date | 15 January 1811 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | El Pla de Santa Maria, Spain 41.364N, 1.289E | |
| Part of | Peninsular War (1808 to 1814) | |
| Kind | Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Result | Spanish victory | |
| Belligerents | First French Empire; Napoleonic Italy | Kingdom of Spain |
| Commanders | Jacques MacDonald; Francesco Eugenio; Giuseppe Palombini | Marquis Campoverde; Pedro Sarsfield |
| Strength | 6,000 | 3,800 |
| Casualties and losses | 600 | 160 |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Valls 1809, 9.5 km
- Battle of Montblanc 1649, 11 km
- Battle of Castulo 210 BC, 16 km
- Batalla de la Bisbal 1813, 19 km
- Battle of L'Albiol 1873, 21 km
In the same war
- Before: Siege of Olivença 11 January 1811
- After: First siege of Badajoz 26 January 1811
- All 164 engagements of Peninsular War
Elsewhere in 1811
- Battle of Tippecanoe United States
- Battle of Lissa Croatia
- Battle of Huaqui Bolivia
- Battle of Yanbu Saudi Arabia
- Battle of San Nicolás Argentina
Battle of Pla is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 813 in present-day Spain.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4872054, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of El Pla, revision 1370439842, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.