Albuera, a village of Spain, situated on a river of the same name, in the province and about 12 m. S. S. E. of the town of Bada-joz. It was the scene of a battle, May 16, 1811, between Beresford with about 30,000 British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops, who formed the reserve of the army then besieging the French in Badajoz, and Marshal Soult, with 23,000 men, who hoped by defeating the reserve to oblige the British to raise the siege. The attempt was unsuccessful, and the British gained a decisive victory.