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The Battle of Porto Novo was fought on 1 July 1781 between forces of the Kingdom of Mysore and British East India Company in the place called Porto Novo (now known as Parangipettai) on the Indian subcontinent, during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
The Affair of Porto Novo, also called the Porto Novo incident, [1] was a successful Anglo–French attack and destruction of the newly founded Swedish factory at Porto Novo (modern Parangipettai) in Southern India on 20 October 1733.
The British lost 125 men in all in the Second Battle of Porto. In the battle for the seminary, Wellesley's second-in-command, Major-General Edward Paget had his arm shattered by a French bullet and it had to be amputated. In addition to 1800 captured, the French suffered 600 casualties, including Foy, who was wounded.
However, his troops were worn out, and his stores exhausted, so he was unable to move forward until 20 February, finally taking Porto on 29 March, [1] and had not yet started for Lisbon when Wellesley's troops Anglo-Portuguese troops defeated him at the Second Battle of Porto, forcing him to abandon the country on 12 May 1809. [2]
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 ...
These forces were armed with the new Lebel rifles, which would prove decisive in the coming battle. [5] The French protectorate kingdom of Porto-Novo also added some 2,600 porters to aid in the fight. [6] The Fon, prior to the outbreak of the second war, had stockpiled between 4,000 and 6,000 rifles, including Mannlicher and Winchester carbines.
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 .
One of Dahomey's most important tributaries was the small kingdom of Porto-Novo near the coast. The kingdom had been at odds with Dahomey on and off since the middle of the 18th century. [2] In 1861, Porto-Novo was attacked by British anti-slaving ships. [2] Porto-Novo asked for and received French protection in 1863, but this was rejected by ...