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Corgorderos, 24 June 1811, a loss by a few French battalions to a number of Spanish ones in northern Spain that panicked the French command and prevented them from sending further troops south to fight Wellington.

I was mostly away for the weekend so it has a little bit since the last Napoleonic battle.:D
 
Ten Breil, 6 April 1794, a decisive Hanovarian victory over the French near Ypres in Flanders.
 
Rio Gebora, 19 February 1811, a French victory by Mortier's V Corps over a vastly larger Army of Extremadura near Badajoz due mainly to the incompetence of the commanding Spanish general Mendizabal.
 
Oguchi Onyewu is apparently an American footballer playing for Milan and the US national side!

Jeff
 
Ucles, 13 January 1809, a trap and decisive victory by Victor's I Corps over Venegas and the Army of Andulsia.
 
Marshal William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, 1st Count of Trancoso, 1st Marquess of Campo Maior GCB GCH GCTE (2 October 1768 – 8 January 1856, British commander of the Portuguese Army in the Peninsula and a respected and able aid to Wellington's success. Physically quite strong he once through a French cavalryman from his horse.
 
Nogent sur Seine, 10 Novemeber 1814, a indecisive clash between the French and the Austrio-Russians that signaled the invasion of France.
 
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