Combat of Aldea da Ponte

Combat of Aldeia da Ponte
Part of the Peninsular War
Date27 September 1811
Location
Aldeia da Ponte, Portugal
Result Tactical stalemate; strategic Allied success
Belligerents

United Kingdom

Portugal		 First French Empire
Commanders and leaders
 Viscount Wellington
 Edward Pakenham
 John Slade
 Charles Alten		  Louis-Pierre Montbrun
 Jean-Baptiste Thiébault
 Pierre Watier
 Jean-Pierre Souham
Units involved
(including 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, Light Divisions; Portuguese Brigade; cavalry brigades) (Thiébault and Souham's infantry; Montbrun and Wathier's cavalry)
Strength
~45,000 men ~11,000 men
Casualties and losses

100 total

  • 14 killed
  • 77 wounded
  • 9 missing
  • (Pakenham's brigade: 76, Portuguese: 13, Slade’s cavalry: 10, artillery: 1)

~150 total

(estimated by Thiébault)

The combat of Aldea de Ponte was a rearguard action fought on 27 September 1811 during Wellington's retreat from Fuente Guinaldo to Alfayates in the aftermath of the Battle of El Boden.

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