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Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
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Battle of Vimeiro
1808 Battle during the Peninsular War
In the Battle of Vimeiro on 21 August 1808, the British under General Arthur Wellesley defeated the French under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, near Lisbon, Portugal, during the Peninsular War. This battle put an end to the first French invasion of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Historical sovereign state in Northwestern Europe (1801–1922)
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the union of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into one sovereign state, established by the Acts of Union in 1801. It continued in this form until 1927, when it evolved into the United Kingdom of Great…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Portuguese people
Ethnic group native to Portugal
The Portuguese people are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation indigenous to Portugal, a country that occupies the west side of the Iberian Peninsula in south-west Europe, who share culture, ancestry and language.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
British Army officer and statesman (1769–1852)
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington was a British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the early 19th century, twice serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was one of the British…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
French Armed Forces
Combined military forces of France
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Jean-Andoche Junot
French general (1771–1813)
Jean-Andoche Junot, Duke of Abrantes was a French military officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He is best known for leading the French invasion of Portugal in 1807.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Vimeiro
Civil parish in Oeste e Vale do Tejo, Portugal
Vimeiro is a freguesia in the municipality of Lourinhã in west-central Portugal. It is in the District of Lisboa. The population in 2011 was 1,470, in an area of 7.08 km².Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Peninsular War
1807–1814 war against Napoleon in Iberia
The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)