Battle of Ocaña
During the War of Spanish independence, the battle of Ocaña was disputed the November 19th 1809 and leads to the victory of the French under the orders of the marshal Soult against the Spaniards of the general Don Juan de Arizagua. Of all the conflict, it was the greatest defeat of the Spanish army which lost close to 19 000 men, deaths, casualties, prisoners, and deserters included/understood, on a manpower of 51 000 men. This disaster is mainly with the brilliant use of the French cavalry.
William Napier written: " the Spaniards arrived at trot, and Sebastiani gave instruction to Paris, to circumvent and to fall on the right side from the squadrons which approached with a regiment of light cavalry and the Polish lancers, which was carried out with a great strength in particular by the Poles, caused a considerable confusion, the Spanish general seeking to cure it while gathering towards the side attaqué".
The strategic consequences of this defeat were devastators, because it destroyed the only force able to defend Spain of the South, and the area was invaded during the winter during the program of Andalusia.
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