Tactical Map at start of battle
3rd French division has
orders to attack Pancorbo
16th Italian division has
orders to attack Pancorbo
14th Westphalian division
has orders to attack Pancorbo
1st British division has
orders to halt and recover
2nd Spanish division has
orders to hold Pancorbo
Table at start of battle
Pancorbo is the town in the centre
Top road leads to Bayonne
Bottom road leads to Burgos
Road on left leads to Aguillar
Road on right leads to Pyrenees
3rd French division will
enter top left
16th Italian division will
enter top centre
14th Westphalian division
will enter bottom left
1st British division will
enter centre left
2nd Spanish division is in
and around Pancorbo
3rd French division has 560
casualties concentrated in 11 infantry brigade
14th Westphalian division
has 80 casualties in 7 infantry brigade
16th Italian division has
640 casualties concentrated in 5 infantry brigade
1st British division has
480 infantry and 40 cavalry casualties spread amongst brigades
2nd Spanish division is
full strength
General Giron with 2nd
Spanish division in and around Pancorbo
Move 1 – 0800 to 0900
Top Left – French division deploy
cavalry to cover advance
Top Right – Italian division also
deploy cavalry to cover advance
Centre left – British division sends
cavalry to cover left flank, unaware of Westphalians
Centre – Spanish lancers charge French
hussars, melee results in a draw with no casualties
Bottom left – Westphalian division,
screened from British by hill, march towards Pancorbo
Move 2 – 0900 to 1000
Top Left – French division deploy to
engage British
Top Right – Italian cavalry win melee
and rout Spanish lancers
Centre left – British division deploy
to meet French division before they sight Westphalians
Centre – Hill orders Spanish division
to withdraw towards British
Bottom left – Soult orders
Westphalians to engage Pancorbo
Move 3 – 1000 to 1100
British division now on hold orders
Spanish division now on retreat orders
All three French divisions are on
engage orders
It is now a race for the British to
hold long enough for the Spanish to retreat
Or for the French to close and destroy
one or both allied divisions
Top Left – French artillery fire on
nearest British infantry
Top Right – Italian cavalry pin right
hand Spanish square
Centre left – British infantry pass
morale test despite 30% casualties
Centre – Spanish lancers rally inside
town squares move towards British
Bottom left – Soult orders
Westphalians to engage Spanish
Move 4 – 1100 to 1200
Top Left – French brigade nearest farm
fails morale for artillery hit and routs
Top Right – Italian division move to
attack Spanish as they leave Pancorbo
Centre left – British division
retreats away from French advance
Centre – Spanish artillery leave
Pancorbo protected by two infantry squares
Bottom left – Westphalian artillery
unlimber within canister range of Spanish
Move 5 – 1200 to 1300
Top Left – Italian division advance to
attack Pancorbo
Top Centre – Spanish artillery and
cavalry leave Pancorbo protected by two infantry squares
Top Right– Westphalian artillery cause
20% casualties to nearest Spanish infantry
Bottom left – French division advance
to attack British division
Bottom Centre – British division must
hold their position until Spanish reach them
Move 6 – 1300 to 1400
Top Left – Italian division attack
Spanish as they leave Pancorbo
Top Centre – Spanish cavalry and one
infantry brigade have broken
Top Right– Westphalian division call
on Spanish to surrender
Bottom left – French cavalry rout
British hussars
Bottom Centre – British infantry fail
morale and join rout
General Cole orders 2nd
Allied Corps to surrender to avoid any further casualties
Table at end of battle
Summary
The allies have lost 800 infantry and
160 cavalry casualties and 8 brigades in rout
The French have lost 100 infantry
casualties and one brigade shaken
6 British and 1 Spanish infantry
brigades are in rout
Both the British and Spanish cavalry
brigades are in rout
The French have 100 infantry
casualties
They have three formed cavalry
brigades to pursue the routed British
General Cole orders his corps to
surrender before they are destroyed by the French
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