Battle of Fuengirola

The Battle of Fuengirola was a field military engagement of the Peninsular War fought on 15 October 1810 near Fuengirola between the 457-strong Franco-Polish garrisons (mainly infantry) of the Sohail Castle and the town of Alhaurín el Grande, under Franciszek Młokosiewicz and Ignacy Bronisz's command respectively, and a much larger Anglo-Spanish field force of approx. 2,500 men led by Andrew Blayney, 11th Baron Blayney. In this battle, which was a sortie from the castle and the town, the Anglo-allies were routed.

On 14 October, Blayney's troops conducted an amphibious assault under the cover of an offshore artillery bombardment against the garrison of Sohail Castle, which consisted of 161 troops from the army of the Duchy of Warsaw and the French Imperial Army. At this point, Blayney had 1,700 men; reinforcements were landed on the 15th. The defenders ultimately managed to frustrate the attacking forces' attempts to capture the castle. 60 Polish infantry reinforcements from the town of Mijas approached Młokosiewicz before he led a joint Franco-Polish assault on 15 October, which captured Blayney and forced his men to re-embark in disarray. Bronisz managed to carry out a diversionary attack within the battle. The British and Spanish suffered 335 men killed, wounded or captured while the Franco-Polish defenders suffered 120 casualties. Several of the Polish officers involved in the battle were subsequently awarded the Legion of Honour by Napoleon.