Fuentes des Onoro May 5 1811: Attempting to relieve the siege of Alameda and free General Brenier and his 3000 men, French Marshal Massena has decided to attack again today, despite yesterday's bloody repulse at Fuentes des Onoro. Mistakenly believing that Massena would again make a frontal assault Wellington kept the bulk of his forces in and behind the town of Fuentes des Onoro, with the newly arrived seventh division on his right, to guard against a diversionary attack from that area. Marshal Massena had realized he could not take the town by direct action alone and being informed of how far the seventh was from the bulk of Wellington's army decided to drive into the gap between the two destroy the seventh, then launch another direct assault on Fuenters des Onoro while also sweeping North and West from Pozo Bello, taking all the bridges over the Turones, driving the British up to Alameda (which Brennier was holding) then crush them against the bend of the Coa River.
An overview (poor) of the field of battle. The critical victory objectibes are the village of
Fuentes des Onoro, the crossroads and the bridge which are in the middle of the picture.
The British and Portugese start defending these positions while the French enter from the left on Turn 1 with reinforcements coming in from the bottom of the picture on Turn 5.
Fuentes des Onoro, the crossroads and the bridge which are in the middle of the picture.
The British and Portugese start defending these positions while the French enter from the left on Turn 1 with reinforcements coming in from the bottom of the picture on Turn 5.
An overview (poor) of the field of battle. The critical victory objectibes are the village of
Fuentes des Onoro, the crossroads and the bridge which are in the middle of the picture.
The British and Portugese start defending these positions while the French enter from the left on Turn 1 with reinforcements coming in from the bottom of the picture on Turn 5.
Fuentes des Onoro, the crossroads and the bridge which are in the middle of the picture.
The British and Portugese start defending these positions while the French enter from the left on Turn 1 with reinforcements coming in from the bottom of the picture on Turn 5.
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