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The Imperial forces included two battalions each of the 1st and 2nd Italian Light Infantry Regiments, two battalions each of the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Italian Line Infantry Regiments, and one battalion of the 8th Italian Line Infantry Regiment. There were also 30 cavalrymen from the Italian Royal
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with 12,000 troops. After reaching Valls, his vanguard commander Francesco Orsatelli (called Eugenio) heard that an enemy force was nearby and determined to attack it. Eugenio was mortally wounded and his brigade driven back by Sarsfeld's men. After
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prevented a complete disaster. After the day's action, MacDonald found that Campoverde's main force was coming up behind him. During the night, the French marshal force-marched his troops north to
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on the other. The Spanish troops held steady and repulsed the attack of the first brigade, then counterattacked and defeated both brigades. The combat occurred during the
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on the road to Llieda, conceding the battlefield to the Spanish.
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ended on 2 January 1811 when the Spanish garrison surrendered to
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column made up of two Italian brigades on one side and a
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Luis González Torres de Navarra, Marquess of Campoverde
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Battle of Pla (1811)
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Peninsular War
El Pla de Santa Maria
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41°22′N 1°17′E / 41.367°N 1.283°E / 41.367; 1.283
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First French Empire
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Kingdom of Spain
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Giuseppe Palombini
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Marquis Campoverde
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Pedro Sarsfield
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