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The Second Battle of Porto, also known as the Battle of the Douro or the Crossing of the Douro, [5] took place on 12 May 1809. General Arthur Wellesley 's Anglo-Portuguese Army defeated Marshal Soult 's French troops and took back the city of Porto.
View of the city of Porto and Ponte das Barcas (restored after the disaster) from the Vila Nova de Gaia riverside, Henry L'Eveque, 1817. On 29 March 1809 the Ponte das Barcas (Bridge of Boats), a pontoon bridge on the River Douro in Porto, Portugal was the site of one of the world's most deadly bridge disasters which occurred during the First Battle of Porto between Portuguese and invading ...
Reinforced, he took to the offensive. In the Second Battle of Porto he crossed the Douro river in a daylight coup de main, and routed Marshal Soult's French troops in Porto. [116] With Portugal secured, Wellesley advanced into Spain to unite with General Cuesta's forces.
The Anglo-Portuguese Army was the combined British and Portuguese army that participated in the Peninsular War, under the command of Arthur Wellesley.The Army is also referred to as the British-Portuguese Army and, in Portuguese, as the Exército Anglo-Luso or the Exército Anglo-Português.
In the First Battle of Porto (29 March 1809) the French under Marshal Soult defeated the Portuguese, under General Parreiras, outside the city of Porto [a] during the Peninsular War. Soult followed up his success by storming the city, [ 3 ] in the course of which thousands of fleeing citizens drowned in the Porto Boat Bridge disaster .
The outcome of the battle of Douro proved crucial for the failure of the Spanish invasion, [53] because as Dumouriez explained: "Portugal was at that time without troops and planet-struck; had the [Spanish] army advanced rapidly upon Oporto it must have taken it without firing a gun. Great resources would have been found there, both in money ...
Marquess Douro – 3 May 1814 [5] Duke of Wellington – 3 May 1814 [ 5 ] His brother William selected the name Wellington for its similarity to the family surname of Wellesley, which derives from the village of Wellesley in Somerset, not far from that of Wellington .
Episcopal Palace of Porto (Sé, Porto) Estate of Quinta de Aveleda (Penafiel, Penafiel) Estate of Mateus (Mateus, Vila Real) Fountain of Caminha (Matriz, Caminha) Fountain of Passeio Alegre (Foz do Douro, Porto) Fountain of Praça da Rainha (Santa Maria Maior, Viana do Castelo) Fountain of Vilar dos Frades (Areias de Vilar, Barcelos)