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  • Second Battle of Porto
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  • This battle ended the second French invasion of Portugal. Soult soon found his retreat route to the east blocked and was forced to destroy his guns and burn his baggage train. Wellesley pursued the French army, but Soult's army escaped annihilation by fleeing through the mountains.
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  • 11200
  • 20000
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Partof
  • the Peninsular War
Date
  • 1809-05-12
Commander
  • Marshal Nicolas Soult
  • General Lord Wellesley
Caption
  • Portuguese and British regiments pursuing the retreating French army at the Second Battle of Porto
Casualties
  • 23
  • 300
Result
  • Decisive Anglo-Portuguese victory *Portugal liberated *French retreat into Spain
combatant
  • Portugal
  • United Kingdom
  • French Empire
Place
  • Portugal
Conflict
  • Battle of Porto
abstract
  • This battle ended the second French invasion of Portugal. Soult soon found his retreat route to the east blocked and was forced to destroy his guns and burn his baggage train. Wellesley pursued the French army, but Soult's army escaped annihilation by fleeing through the mountains.
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