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	Bussaco - LoveToKnow 1911
		BUSSACO (or BusAco), Serra De, a mountain range on the frontiers of the Aveiro, Coimbra, and Vizeu districts of Portugal, formerly included in the province of Beira.
		Towards the close of the 19th century the Serra de Bussaco became one of the regular halting-places for foreign, and especially for British, tourists, on the overland route between Lisbon and Oporto.
		In 1873 a monument was erected, on the southern slopes of the Serra, to commemorate the battle of Bussaco, in which the French, under Marshal Massena, were defeated by the British and Portuguese, under Lord Wellington, on the 27th of September 1810.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Bussaco (258 words)

	Bussaco : Battle of Bussaco : Napoleonic Wars : Peninsular War : Duke of Wellington : Massena
		Bussaco : Battle of Bussaco : Napoleonic Wars : Peninsular War : Duke of Wellington : Massena
		The British numbered some 51,000 men while Massena, bolstered by the talents of Marshal Ney and generals Junot and Reynier had almost 66,000 troops at his disposal.
		The battle became sporadic after that with little serious effort by the French to advance and was eventually ended when Massena withdrew having lost 4500 men.
	www.napoleonguide.com /battle_bussaco.htm (234 words)

	Peninsular War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the Battle of Vitoria, June 21, the 65,000 men of Joseph were routed by 53,000 British, 27,000 Portuguese and 19,000 Spaniards.
		Soult was given command of the French forces and began a counter-offensive, dealing the Allied generals two sharp defeats at the Battle of Maya and the Battle of Roncesvalles.
		Battle of Roliça (formerly spelt as Roleia in English) 17 Aug 1808.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peninsular_War (4363 words)

	The Peninsular War \| The Battle of Buçaco (Bussaco), 27th September 1810
		Wellington's preparations for a defensive battle along the line of the Buçaco ridge had extended as far as the construction of a lateral communications road behind the crest.
		Inside the hotel is a fine azulejo depiction of the battle.) Wellington spent the night after the battle in the adjacent Mosteiro dos Carmelitos, a fact recorded on a plaque by its entrance.
		Wellington's dispatch on the Battle of Buçaco courtesy of University of Southampton Libraries.
	www.peninsularwar.org /bucaco.htm (1462 words)

	Touring Spain : with Matt : Battlefields : Portugal : Spain : Oporto : Vimeiro : Rolica : Torres Vedras : Peninsular ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Our first port-of-call on the battle-list was Bussaco, that "damned long hill" where Wellington stood against Ney, Junot and Reynier (under Massena's command), who had pursued him (unfortunately for them) to one of the finest defensive positions in Europe.
		Bussaco is a 10-mile (16 kilometre) long ridge whose southern end drops sharply into the river Mondego, the whole of its front, with the exception of the extreme northern end, is steep fronted and rises 1000 feet in some areas with a valley below.
		Inside were original cannons (1 or 2 that were actually used in the battle, but were lost), small arms (pistols and swords), and roundshot, muskets and musketballs, as well as sketches and prints on the walls.
	www.hussars.com /tours_matspain_bussaco.htm (666 words)

	Amazon.ca: Bussaco 1810: Wellington Defeats Napoleon's Marshals: Books: Rene Chartrand
		Bussaco 1810 is the second installment in René Chartrand's trilogy on the Portuguese phase of the Peninsula War.
		The campaign itself is covered in six phases: the Battle of the River Coa against the British covering force, the siege of Almeida, the march to Bussaco and preliminary deployments, the Battle of Bussaco and the aftermath.
		Three battle scenes depict the action at the River Coa Bridge, the explosion of Almeida's main powder magazine and the repulse of Ney's 6th Corps by Craufurd's Light Division at Bussaco.
	www.amazon.ca /Bussaco-1810-Wellington-Napoleons-Marshals/dp/0275986187 (1002 words)

	Battles : Battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars : French Revolution : Napoleonic Wars :
		Battles : Battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars : French Revolution : Napoleonic Wars :
		The following are descriptions of battles fought during the Napoleonic and Revolutionary Wars.
		There are details on the commanders, troop numbers and what happened during the course of the various battles.
	www.napoleonguide.com /battle.htm (72 words)

	Amazon API Demo - Books - Bussaco 1810: Wellington Defeats Napoleon's Marshals (Campaign, 97) - Chris Codes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Bussaco 1810 is the second installment in RenÃ© Chartrand's trilogy on the Portuguese phase of the Peninsula War.
		The campaign itself is covered in six phases: the Battle of the River Coa against the British covering force, the siege of Almeida, the march to Bussaco and preliminary deployments, the Battle of Bussaco and the aftermath.
		Three battle scenes depict the action at the River Coa Bridge, the explosion of Almeida's main powder magazine and the repulse of Ney's 6th Corps by Craufurd's Light Division at Bussaco.
	www.chriscodes.com /store/detail/books/related_result/Book/1841763101 (770 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		The battle that ensued was ferocious, with the British defenders receiving the first attack on the night of the 27th July, an attack that nearly forced the British off the Cerro de Medellin, a hill to the left of the ''3rd Foot Guards''' position, but a counter-attack successfully repulsed the French.
		The Battle of Inkerman was a victory that had been filled with dreadfully brutal hand-to-hand combat, that, at times, resembled the battles of a far more primitive age, and saw over 2,000 British soldiers killed or wounded out of over 8,000 that took part in the battle, with the Russians suffering over 11,000 casualties.
		The following month, the ''regiment'' took part in the Battle of Driefontein and in May, the ''2nd Battalion'' took part in a small engagement at Battle of Biddulphsberg Biddulphsberg and on the 31st, the ''regiment'' was present at the capture of Johannesburg.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Scots_Guards%20(1805).html (3014 words)

	RandomHouse.ca \| Author Spotlight: Ian Fletcher
		In the course of the Peninsular War, Wellington’s army fought several hard battles and smaller actions, but it was the bloody sieges that troubled him more than anything else.
		Following the battle of Bussaco on 27 September 1810 Wellington's heavily outnumbered troops began to withdraw towards Lisbon.
		Salamanca was the most decisive battle of the entire Peninsular War.
	www.randomhouse.ca /author/results.pperl?authorid=70932 (210 words)

	BUSSACO (or BusAco), S... - Online Information article about BUSSACO (or BusAco), S...
		BUSSACO (or BusAco), SERRA DE, a See also:
		Bussaco (1795 ft.), which commands a magnificent view over the Serra da Estrella, the Mondego valley and the See also:
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	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BUN_CAL/BUSSACO_or_BusAco_SERRA_DE.html (372 words)

	The Battle of Bussaco
		Along with a number of the October Wargames club members I enjoyed playing P.O.W. but my preferred period was the Napoleonic wars and in particular the Peninsular and 100 days campaigns.
		The question was asked as to whether the rules could be amended to fight battles with the different weapons and formations used in these wars.
		The battle of Bussaco cost the French Army 4486 casualties.
	www.btinternet.com /~r.denning/npow/bussaco.htm (1324 words)

	Portugal Accommodation Beiras Coimbra Hotel Palace of Bussaco
		This luxurious Hotel, formerly the Palace or Bussaco belonging to the Portuguese Royal family, is in Central Portugal, not far from the main north / south motorway.
		The Battle of Bucaco was fought on the ridge just above the forest in 1810, and it marked the first serious defeat suffered by Napoleon in his campaigns in the Iberian Peninsula.
		On show are famous prints by Afonso Mucha and also a famous sequence of azulejos (painted tiles)depicting the Portuguese conquest of Ceuta and also the Battle of Bucaco.
	www.manorhouses.com /hotels/beiras/bussaco-palace.html (556 words)

	Bussaco Despatch
		Wellington's despatch on the Battle of Bussaco, 30 September 1810, to Lord Liverpool, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies; draft
		The draft of Wellington's despatch written from Coimbra to Lord Liverpool, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, on the battle of Bussaco and associated operations, 30 September 1810.
		Written three days after the battle, Wellington wrote some passages straight through without alteration, for example, the descriptions of the terrain.
	www.archives.lib.soton.ac.uk /wellington/peninsular_war/html_pages/buss_dis_draft.htm (147 words)

	Portugal - Travel Agent London - Preference Travel
		The forest of Bussaco lies to the north of Coimbra near the Luso Spa, enclosed by a stone wall pierced by several gates.
		The 250-acre forest of Bussaco is Portugal's most famous and most revered woodland, a monastic domain throughout the Middle Ages.
		Also on show are famous prints by Alfonso Mucha together with a famous sequence of azulejos (painted tiles) depicting the Portuguese conquest of Ceuta and the Battle of Bussaco, the first serious reverse suffered by Napoleon in his campaigns across the Iberian Peninsula.
	www.preferencetravel.co.uk /portugal.htm (484 words)

	Connaught Rangers (Devil's Own) History
		as shock troops – heavy stormtroopers to be used at the critical point of a battle to break the spirit of their opponents by hand-to-hand fighting, and it was Picton who came to give them the infamous nick name of "The Devil’s Own".
		The position was a very strong one and all should have worked well, but due to heavy mist on the morning of the battle a French column inadvertently found themselves at a weak point in the British lines at the summit of the Crest.
		In this battle Wellington attempted to prevent the French from relieving the city of Almeida which the allies had besieged.
	www.devils-own.co.uk /history.htm (1235 words)

	Battlefields near Lisbon : Vimeiro : Rolica : Torres Vedras : Peninsular War : Oporto : Bussaco :Touring Battlefields : ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		There is a large tile map of the battle and a monument to Colonel Lake of the 29th Regiment.
		A battle fought on rugged terrain just north of Coimbra, Bussaco is an easy visit for those interested in one of the most one-sided clashes of the Peninsular War.
		Many signs of a battle having been fought there still exist and there is a museum and the structure that acted as Massena's headquarters to visit.
	www.hussars.com /tours_lisbon.htm (418 words)

	Hotéis em Beira - Hotel em Mealhada - Campo do Tênis - Palace Hotel Bussaco
		Military museum and historical monument of the Duke of Wellington's first victory over Napoleon's army in the Iberian Peninsula, at the Battle of Bussaco, in 1810.
		Long walks on the forested slopes of Bussaco or in the hotel's manicured formal garden.
		The king's Swiss chef obtained government permission to turn the palace into a hotel in 1910, and guests have been wallowing in pseudo-Manueline architecture and Edwardian comforts ever since.
	www.jpmoser.com /palacedobussaco-a.html (209 words)

	Scots Guards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Meanwhile, the 1st Battalion saw action at the Battle of Bussaco in September and in the defence of the Lines of Torres Vedras covering Lisbon.
		It was also involved in the seige of Burgos, at the Battle of Vittoria and at the Crossing of the Bidassoa in October, 1813.
		These two battle honours and that of Sevastopol are borne on the Colours to commemorate the gallantry of this Battalion, who endured not only the fury of two great battles and a desperate siege, but also the appalling rigours of a Russian winter for which they were entirely ill equipped and wholly unprepared.
	www.scotsguards.co.uk /sg/history1.htm (3875 words)

	cars - Scots Guards (1805) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The British were commanded by Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley, a man who gained immortal fame in the history of the British Army, and would soon gain the honour Duke of Wellington for Talavera.
		A 25,000 strong British force, under the comand of Sir Garnet Wolseley, landed in Egypt in August, and on the 13th September, the decisive engagement of the campaign occurred, the.Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, which ended in victory for the British, and culminated with the taking of Cairo and the capture of Arabi Pasha.
		The following month, the regiment took part in the Battle of Driefontein and in May, the 2nd Battalion took part in a small engagement at Biddulphsberg and on the 31st, the regiment was present at the capture of Johannesburg.
	www.carluvers.com /cars/Scots_Guards_%281805%29 (2914 words)

	Bussaco Despatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Wellington's despatch on the Battle of Bussaco, 30 September 1810, to Lord Liverpool, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies; draft
		The draft of Wellington's despatch written from Coimbra to Lord Liverpool, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, on the battle of Bussaco and associated operations, 30 September 1810.
		Written three days after the battle, Wellington wrote some passages straight through without alteration, for example, the descriptions of the terrain.
	archive.lib.soton.ac.uk /wellington/peninsularwar/htmlpages/buss_dis_draft.htm (147 words)

	New Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Bussaco Palace Hotel was an impressive hunting palace of the last Portugese Kings, it is now among the most beautiful and historical hotels in the worlds.
		There is overwhelming scenery due to the palace's location in the heart of a 250 acres centuries old forest composed of rare local and exotic plants of exraordinary beauty.
		Military museum and historical monument of Wellington's battle at Bussaco.
	www.hbatravel.co.uk /bussaco.htm (294 words)

	Osprey Publishing - Bussaco 1810
		No-one knew how the Portuguese would perform in battle, but on 27 September 1810, they received their baptism of fire.
		This title details the gruelling Bussaco campaign as French attempts to subdue Portugal reached their climax.
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	www.ospreypublishing.com /title_detail.php/title=S3101~per=45 (144 words)

	Osprey Campaign 97 : Bussaco 1810 : Wellington defeats Napoleon's Marshals
		But he wanted to inflict a defeat on Massena to slow his advance and allow the Anglo-Portuguese army to withdraw unmolested into the defensive lines of Torres Vedras north of Lisbon.
		Knowing his position would be turned, Wellington then withdrew into the defence lines around Lisbon of which the French had been completely unaware.
		Bussaco, a stinging defeat for the French army, also demonstrated the courage and quality of the newly reorganised Portuguese army.
	www.militaryfocus.com /osprey/campaign/97.htm (305 words)

	Bussaco 1810 : Wellington Defeats Napoleon's Marshals (Campaign, 97): 紀伊國屋書店BookWeb
		Massena was perhaps too confident; the determined attacks of the French were all repulsed with the loss of 4500 French casualties against less than 1300 for the Anglo-Portuguese.
		This title shows how Bussaco was both a stinging defeat for the French army, and a demonstration of the courage and quality of the newly reorganized Portuguese army.
		Origins of the campaign; chronology; opposing commanders; opposing armies; opposing plans; Massna invades northern Portugal; the Siege of Almeida; Wellington on the defensive; the Battle of Bussaco; aftermath; the battlefield today.
	bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp /htmy/1841763101.html (243 words)

	Napoleon's Irish Legion 1803-1815
		The Irish Regiment also served with honor in the seige of Almeida, the invasion of Portugal, including the Battle of Bussaco (September 27, 1810), and Fuentes de Onor (1811).
		Ordered back to France, on December 25, 1811, the 120 officers and sergeants, corporals and drummers stood inspection for the last time in Spain, bidding a farewell to the privates, who were incorporated into another regiment.
		The Regiment was on detached duty, and did not participate in the Battle of Lutzen, but received orders and rejoined on the morning of 21 May at the Battle of Bautzen.
	www3.sympatico.ca /dis.general/irish.htm (2627 words)

	History of the Peninsular War (A): September 1809 to December 1810 Ocaña, Cadiz, Bussaco, Torres Vedras, by Sir ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The 1807-1814 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars.
		Volume III covers the period from September 1809 to December 1810, when the French were consolidating their hold on Spain, crushing resistance, and attempting to drive the British out of Portugal.
		Wellington's Allied army fought a model defensive battle at Bussaco, stalling the French drive into Portugal and enabling the British and Portuguese forces to retire to the shelter of the Torres Vedras fortifications.
	www.militaryink.com /books/2004/september/1853676179.htm (229 words)

	Dictionary of Battles - The Battle of Bussaco September 27, 1810 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dictionary of Battles - The Battle of Bussaco September 27, 1810
		With Austria again knocked out of the war in 1809, Napoleon I was free to concentrate on the Iberian Peninsula.
		Wellington pulled back to the heights of Bussaco, 125 miles northeast of Lisbon, where he attempted to block the French with 25,000 British and 25,000 Portuguese.
	www.bibliotheca.org.uk /links/dictionary/dob-b/bussaco-1810.html (241 words)

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