Battle of El Pla

{{Short description|1811 battle during the Peninsular War}}

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|partof=Peninsular War

|date=15 January 1811

|place=El Pla de Santa Maria, Catalonia, Spain

|coordinates={{Coord|41|22|N|1|17|E}}

|result=Spanish victory

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

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

|commander1={{flagicon|France}} Jacques MacDonald
{{flagicon|Napoleonic Italy}} Francesco Eugenio{{KIA}}
{{flagicon|Napoleonic Italy}} Giuseppe Palombini

|commander2={{flagicon|Spain|1785}} Marquis Campoverde
{{flagicon|Spain|1785}} Pedro Sarsfield

|units1={{flagicon|France}} VII Corps

|units2={{flagicon|Spain|1785}} Army of Catalonia

|strength1=6,000

|strength2=3,800

|casualties1=600

|casualties2=160

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{{Campaignbox Peninsular War (1809-1812)}}

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| mark-title3 = Battle of Alcañiz at Alcañiz, on 23 May 1809

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| mark-title5 = Battle of Belchite (1809) at Belchite, on 18 June 1809

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| mark-title6 = Battle of Mollet at Mollet, on 21 January 1810

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| mark-title10 = Battle of La Bisbal at La Bisbal, on 14 September 1810

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| mark-title14 = Battle of Montserrat at Montserrat, on 25 July 18117

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| mark-title16 = Battle of Cervera (1811) at Cervera, from 4 to 14 October 1811

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| mark-title17 = Battle of Saguntum at Saguntum, on 25 October 1811

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| mark-title19 = Battle of Altafulla at Altafulla, on 29 January 1812

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| mark-title21 = Battle of Ordal at Ordal, on 13 September 1813

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The Battle of El Pla was a battle on 15 January 1811 between an Imperial French column made up of two Italian brigades on one side and a Spanish division under the command of Pedro Sarsfield 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 Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. The action was fought near El Pla de Santa Maria, north of Valls, Catalonia, Spain.