Wellington
is confident of victory when he orders the attack on Leon
His
army have suffered considerably less campaign casualties than the French
However
right from the start he suffers extremely bad luck
His
plan of attack is to deploy his three leading corps to engage the French
But
he will wait until 1st corps arrives and is in position before he
attacks in the centre
The
battle opens with French artillery firing on the deploying British
Wellington
orders his cavalry forward to threaten the French gunners
The
French cavalry respond by also advancing
A
cavalry battle develops in the centre, which the British lose
Not
only do they lose 2nd corps cavalry, but also their artillery
1st
corps deploy their cavalry to protect their deployment
French
lancers charge and rout the British cavalry
They
fall back in panic through the line lines of infantry in column of march
Wellington’s
attack has been defeated before it even began
The
French lose 1800 casualties
The
British lose 2800 casualties and five brigades in rout
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