Ocaña

Ocaña lies on the plateau south of the Tagus, on the roads leading from Madrid toward La Mancha and Andalusia. Its position brought armies to the town during the Peninsular War. On 19 November 1809 a Spanish army met French forces near Ocaña and suffered a crushing defeat. French troops entered the town as the Spanish lines gave way, and the defeat left the road south exposed to further invasion.