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Trant's raid
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| Trant's Raid | |||||||
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| Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
_(cropped).jpg) Coimbra | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Portugal |
 French Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Nicholas Trant |
André Masséna | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4,000 Portuguese militia | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3 killed 26 wounded |
8 killed 4,000 captured | ||||||
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Fuentes de Oñoro
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Sabugal
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Lisbon
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Bussaco
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Almeida
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Ciudad Rodrigo
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Astorga
1
Third French invasion:
3.1 Blockade of Almeida April 1811
1
Siege of Astorga March April 18102
Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo April 18103
Siege of Almeida July 18103.1 Blockade of Almeida April 1811
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Battle of Bussaco September 18105
Torres Vedras protects Lisbon6
Battle of Redinha March 18117
Battle of Sabugal April 18118
Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro May 1811Trant's Raid was the Portuguese recapture of the city of Coimbra from the French on 6 October 1810 during the Peninsular War. The assault was undertaken by a Portuguese militia led by Colonel Nicholas Trant, an Irish officer in the British Army.[2]
- ^ Smith 1998, p. 348.
- ^ Cobbett 1810, pp. 1051–1055.
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