Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Albuera

ALBUERA (al-bo-ā´rä) , a village of Spain, in the province of Badajoz, on the Albuera river; 13 miles S. E. of Badajoz. Here (May 16, 1811) a British and Portuguese army of 32,500, under General Beresford, defeated in a sanguinary battle a French army of 23,000 under Marshal Soult, the total loss being 16,000, about equally divided. Soult tried to relieve Badajoz, which was besieged by the British, but was obliged to withdraw to Seville, while the allied British and Portuguese, of whom Wellington then took command, continued the siege.