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The Battle of Morales was fought on 2 June 1813 during the Peninsular War. Fought near the village of Morales de Toro in Spain, the battle consisted of a cavalry skirmish between the British and French armies.[1] Divisional-general Alexandre, vicomte Digeon commanded the French cavalry and Colonel Colquhoun Grant the British cavalry, although Major George Robarts was the one who gave the order to charge.[1][2] Considered a victory for the British, the French cavalry then retreated upon their own retreating infantry and the British cavalry without infantry support were unable to continue the attack.[1][2]
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- Foster, Ray (October 2011), "25th May 1813 [the Vittoria campaign] PUA 540", Notes on Wellington's Cavalry in the Peninsula: 10th Hussars (The Prince of Wales Own), napoleon-series.org
- Frazer, Sir Augustus Simon (1859), "Letter XLVIII", in Malet, Harold Esdaile; Sabine, Sir Edward (eds.), Letters of Colonel Sir Augustus Simon Frazer, K.C.B. commanding the Royal horse artillery in the army under Wellington: Written during the peninsular and Waterloo campaigns, Historical records of the Eighteenth Hussars, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, pp. 130–132