Vimeiro
1808, Wellesley's first victory in the Peninsular, by Rene Chartrand
On 2 August 1808 a British army
of 14,000 men began landing north of Lisbon under the command of Sir
Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington. They were coming to
assist the Portuguese, Britain's oldest ally, to liberate their country
from its French occupiers. Within a month Wellesley was to win two
victories over the French at the battles of Rolica and Vimeiro.
General Andoche Junot, the French commander, was forced to surrender and
evacuate Portugal. Rene Chartrand examines the first of Wellesley's
string of victories in the Peninsular War.
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