Battle of Brihuega
| Battle of Brihuega | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Spanish Succession | |||||||
A portrait of the Duke of Vendôme | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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France Bourbon Spain | Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Duke of Vendôme |
Lord Stanhope Charles Wills | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 | 4,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,200 dead or wounded |
600 dead 3,400 wounded or captured | ||||||
The Battle of Brihuega took place on 8 December 1710 in the War of the Spanish Succession, during the Allied retreat from Madrid to Barcelona. A British Army rearguard led by James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope was cut off and trapped within the town of Brihuega before being overwhelmed by a Franco-Spanish army under the command of Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme. The battle, along with other events, brought an end to British participation in the war.