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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 ...
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.
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 .
Serra do Pilar's military importance first became evidenced during the Peninsular War when it was used by General Arthur Wellesley to launch a surprise attack on the French across the Douro, and retake Porto. [1] The monastery's prominent location acted as the only Liberal stronghold on the south side of the Douro during the Siege of Porto. [4]
Sharpe's Havoc: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Oporto is the seventh historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 2003. The story is set largely in Portugal during General Arthur Wellesley 's Oporto Campaign in 1809, part of the Napoleonic Wars .
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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 ...