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In August 1808, a 14,000-man British army landed at Figura da Fozin Portugal under the future Wellington, Sir Arthur Wellesley. General Andoche Junot had 25,000 French troops in Portugal but these were scattered trying to contain the Portuguese. A 6,000-strong French force under General de Laborde was sent against the British. Wellesley outmanoeuvred his opponent and, at Rolica on 17 August, defeated the French. The suprized French mustered a further 13,000 men and hoped to defeat the British quickly as more troops were arriving from England. Junot met Wellesley (16,000 British, 2,000 Portuguese) at Vimeiro on 21 August.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Vimeiro 1808
• Author: René Chartrand
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• EAN: 9781841763095
• ISBN: 1841763098
• ID: 04254492
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 340 g
• Dimensions: 238 × 185 × 8 mm
• Date of publishing: 19. September 2001

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