Chiclana-Barrosa - 5 March 1811 (EN) Gueules cassées - The Desert

- The Desert

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Chiclana-Barrosa - 5 March 1811 (EN) Gueules cassées - The DesertFebruary 1811. Marshal Victor had besieged the Spanish city of Cdiz for a year. Generals Manuel de Lapea and Thomas Graham, at the head of Spanish and British troops, disembarked at Algeciras and at Tarifa and led their men towards Chiclana in order to attack the French lines from the rear. On 5 March, the opposing armies ran into each other on ground overlooked by the Bermeja and the Barrosa towers ; the latter giving its name to the battle. The