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{{for|the battle in Mexico |Battle of Morales (1840)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}{{Campaignbox Peninsular War (1813-1814)}}The Battle of Morales was fought on 2 June 1813. It was a cavalry skirmish between the Duke of Wellington vanguard and the rear guard of the French army. It occurred near the village of Morales which is in the vicinity of Toro, Zamora in Spain.{{sfn|Frazer|1859}} General Digeon commanded the French cavalry and Colonel Grant the British hussars, although Major George Robarts was the one who gave the order to charge.{{sfn|Frazer|1859}}{{sfn|Foster|2011}} 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.{{sfn|Frazer|1859}}{{sfn|Foster|2011}} NotesReferences{{refbegin}}- {{citation |last=Foster |first=Ray |date=October 2011 |url=http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Britain/Cavalry/Wellington%27sCavalry/c_10thHussars.html |chapter=25th May 1813 [the Vittoria campaign] PUA 540 |title=Notes on Wellington’s Cavalry in the Peninsula: 10th Hussars (The Prince of Wales Own)|publisher=napoleon-series.org}}{{better source|date=August 2014}}
- {{citation |last=Frazer |first=Sir Augustus Simon |authorlink=Augustus Simon Frazer |year=1859 |editor1-first=Harold Esdaile |editor1-last=Malet |editor2-first=Sir Edward |editor2-last=Sabine |chapter=Letter XLVIII |title=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 |publisher=Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts |series=Historical records of the Eighteenth Hussars||pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3XVJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA130#v=onepage&q&f=false 130]–132}}
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