Battle of Alcolea Bridge

{{Short description|1808 battle during the Peninsular War}}

{{Use shortened footnotes|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox military conflict

|conflict=Battle of Alcolea Bridge

|partof=the Peninsular War

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|date= 7 June 1808

|place=Alcolea, near Córdoba, Spain

|result=French victory

|combatant2={{flagicon|Spain|1785}} Spain

|combatant1={{flagicon|French First Empire}} First French Empire

|commander2=Pedro Echávarri

|commander1= Pierre Dupont

|strength2=3,000

|strength1=18,000

|casualties1=Unknown

|casualties2=Unknown

}}

{{Campaignbox Peninsular War: 1808}}

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| height = 220

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| title= Peninsular War: Spanish uprising 1808

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| labela1 = Madrid

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| mark-title1 = Madrid Uprising May 1808

| label2 = Bruch

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| mark-title2 = Battles of El Bruch June 1808

| label3 = Valdepeñas

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| mark-title3 = Battle of Valdepeñas June 1808

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| label5 = Cadiz

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| mark-title5 = Capture of the Rosily Squadron June 1808

| label6 = Cabezón

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| label7 = Zaragoza

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| mark-title7 = First siege of Zaragoza June 1808

| label8 = Girona

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| mark-title8 = Battle of Girona June 1808
8.1 Second siege of Girona July 1808

| label9 = Valencia

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| mark-title9 = Battle of Valencia June 1808

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| mark-title10 = Battle of Medina de Rioseco July 1808

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| mark-title11 = Battle of Bailén July 1808

| label12 = Santander

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| mark-title12 = Evacuation of La Romana August 1808

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The Battle of Alcolea Bridge was a minor battle that took place on 7 June 1808, during the Peninsular War, at Alcolea, a small village 10 km from Córdoba, the city that would be invaded by French troops later that same afternoon.{{sfn|Foy|1827|pp=218–220}}