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	Battle of Oporto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Oporto took place on March 28, 1809, when the French under Marshal Soult completely defeated the Portuguese under Lima Barreto and Pareiras, outside the city of Porto (traditionally called Oporto by the British).
		This was another name for the Battle of Douro, though Oporto is the more widely recognized name.
		The battle of Porto is depicted by Bernard Cornwell in Sharpe's Havoc and by Allan Mallinson in An Act of Courage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Oporto (384 words)

	Oporto
		Diocese in Portugal; comprising 26 civil concelhos of the districts of Oporto and Aveiro; probably founded in the middle of the sixth century.
		In the time of Rodrigo Pinheiro, a learned humanist, Oporto was visited by St. Francis Borgia and the Jesuits established themselves in the city.
		In 1618 Bishop Rodrigo da Cunha, author of the history of the Bishops of Oporto, was appointed.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/o/oporto.html (1508 words)

	Peninsular Campaign: Battle at DATE 1808
		Moore died in the battle which was a loss, but almost as damaging to British resolution was Moore's expressed opinion that it would now be impossible to hold the Peninsula against the French.
		In March Wellesley wrote an opinion that Portugal at least could be protected under certain condition, that the Spanish continue to tie up some portion of the French armies, that the Portuguese improve their armies, and that the British have some 20,000 troops in the endeavor with 4,000 cavalry included in that total.
		Oporto is approximately 3 miles inland on the north of Douro River.
	www.georgianindex.net /peninsularWar/oporto.html (1544 words)

	Book 15, Chapter 10
		At the battle of Fleurus, in 1794, he was chief of the staff under Lefebvre, and there exhibited that admirable coolness and penetration in the hour of danger which afterward made him so conspicuous as a military leader.
		The battle soon became general, and Sir John Moore, while watching the progress of the fight, was struck by a cannon-ball on the breast and hurled from his horse.
		He found at Bayonne but the fragments of the armies that had battled in Spain, but with his accustomed energy he set about their organization, and with such untiring perseverance did he work that in a fortnight he was ready to take the field.
	www.napoleonic-literature.com /Book_15/V1C10.htm (10470 words)

	Oporto Golf Club part of PortGolf golf holiday North Portugal
		Oporto Golf Club is one of the oldest courses in Continental Europe with established links going back to the year 1890.
		It was formed by British residents of Oporto in that year, and is very proud club of its hallowed traditions.
		It is an 18 hole links course, situated 17 kilometres to the south of Oporto, and running beside the beaches of Espinho….
	www.portgolf.com /oportogolfclub.htm (266 words)

	28th Foot
		But early in the battle Wolfe was wounded in the wrist, ignoring this he continued to advance until shot in the body.
		At the order, in the full heat of battle, with the enemy in vastly superior numbers advancing on them, every single soldier lowered his musket and stood, waiting for death.
		Oporto was taken and the great campaign was under way.
	members.tripod.com /~Glosters/28thfoot.html (3132 words)

	The McGill University Napoleon Collection
		Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors.
		Battle of Ciudad-Rodrigo (English forces led by Wellington).
		Battle of Paris (Montmartre), and Fall of Paris.
	digital.library.mcgill.ca /napoleon/english/timeline-full.htm (1072 words)

	The Sharpe Page: Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Spanish troops promise to help him and he accepts battle unwillingly at Talavera and is attacked by the combined French armies.
		After a battle in which his casualties are high, the French retreat defeated but the British also have to move back to Portugal, isolated and alone.
		The lower village of Fuentes remains today almost as it was at the time of the battle.
	www.sharpetorium.info /timeline.html (4266 words)

	Aylwin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		She stopped at Port Leixoes (Oporto), Portugal, on 1 June and at Santander, Spain, on the 5th, before shifting to Cherbourg, France, on the 10th.
		The Battle of Midway stopped Japan's thrust across the Pacific and cost her four irreplaceable carriers and many trained sailors and airmen.
		On the 17th, Aylwin was ordered to help screen the transports, and she missed the Battle of the Philippine Sea on the 19th and 20th which almost wiped out Japanese carrier-based aviation.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a15/aylwin-iii.htm (8242 words)

	The Battle of Douro in The Peninsular war
		The River Douro lay between the British army and Oporto and Soult caused all the river boats that could be found to be moved to the north bank.
		Expecting any attack to be in conjunction with the Royal Navy the French army was positioned along the north bank of the river to the West, or seaside, of the city.
		Once the guards had gone the inhabitants of Oporto rushed boats to the soutern bank and four British battalions crossed to the city.
	www.britishbattles.com /peninsula/peninsula-douro.htm (1023 words)

	History
		After 1688 and the accession to the Throne of William and Mary, the Regiment embarked for Flanders again and took part in the Battle of Walcourt (1689), the Limden campaign (1693) and the Siege of Namur (1695), the latter forming the second Battle Honour.
		Although it did not result in a Battle Honour, this was one of the most glorious battles ever fought by the Brigade of Guards.
		The Battalion served at the Passage of Douro, the capture of Oporto and the Battle of Talavera as well as the Sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo Badajos, Burgos and San Sebastian, the Battles of Fuentes d'Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Bidassoa, Nive, Nivelle and the investment of Bayonne.
	www.army.mod.uk /coldstreamguards/history.htm (3342 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Later in 1141, she was obliged to release him after losing another battle to his supporters, and he regained the throne, holding it until his death in 1154.
		Don John of Austria, illegitimate brother of Phillip II of Spain, commanding a joint papal and Venetian fleet defeated the Turkish fleet at the Battle of Lepanto, near the Greek seaport on the strait connecting the Gulfs of Corinth and Patras.
		Frederick II of Prussia defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Freiburg.
	www.cascom.army.mil /History/historyadd.asp (7738 words)

	Henrique: Founder of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It was a genuine devotion to the faith, rather than the spurs of honour and applause, that led them to turn their backs on home and country, and when they had rendered signal service in battle Alfonso saw to it that they were fitly recompensed.
		Henry of Burgundy, a french count, was one of the leading captains of Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile.
		The youth's mother, Teresa seized the land for herself, marrying again, but Prince Afonso met her in battle, and won, imprisoning her.
	www.thornr.demon.co.uk /kchrist/khenry.html (218 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Exhibitions
		Wellesley gained a number of major victories in the Peninsular War including the defeat of the French Marshal Junot at Vimiero, the taking of the city of Oporto and forcing Soult, one of Napoleon's best marshals, to retreat, the capture of the fortress city of Badajoz and forcing the enemy to withdraw to Madrid.
		The decisive battle took place at Waterloo, south of Brussels, on 18 June 1815.
		After the battle the allied armies advanced into an already defeated France and reoccupied its capital.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/12/b2003/hm12_3_2_5_3_0.html (486 words)

	Britain's Peninsular War
		The attribution of victor in this battle is open to debate.
		General Sir John Moore died of a cannon ball wound during the battle.
		Wellington was in the upper part of the house scoping the future battlefield, and saw French troops sneaking around a corner.
	www.georgianindex.net /peninsularWar/battleTimeline.html (411 words)

	Dogpile - Web Search: oporto
		AllRefer.com - Oporto, Spain & Portugal (Spanish And Portuguese...
		OPORTO (Pôrto) is very different from Lisbon - unpretentious, inward-looking, unashamedly commercial.
		Desde muy antiguo hay una pugna entre Lisboa y Oporto.
	www.dogpile.co.uk /uk.dogpl/search/web/oporto (285 words)

	Napoleon Series Battle Lists: Peninsular War
		First there was a Junta that organized the defense but later when the French were to the doors of the city passed over the command to the Marques de Lazan.
		Battle of Coruña (Battle of La Corogne, Battle of Elviña)
		Battle of River Oitaben (Battle of Ponte Sampaio)
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/listings/c_peninsular.html (479 words)

	Oporto
		Soult had nearly 12,000 men [of his nominal corps strength of 23,500] in the city of Oporto and was trying to hold the line of the Douro.
		He had decided that he could not hold against Wellington and had already detached Mermet's division with the baggage and artillery parks to move away to the northeast I.e.
		Wellington, in preparation for the French retreat had put Murray's detached command across the river five miles up stream from Oporto where a formed body of troops across the route could well have held the disorganized French rabble.
	www.clash-of-steel.co.uk /pages/battle_details.php?battle=OPORTO01 (801 words)

	European Voyages of Exploration: The Portuguese Empire
		The second was the evolution of a complex maritime economy in which the port cities of Lisbon and Oporto became the commercial centres of the country.
		Young aristocrats from all over Europe went to Iberia to battle the Moors and while reconquering the peninsula for the Christian kings, they won hereditary titles and land grants for themselves.
		It was Henry, a son of the Duke of Burgundy, who fought as a vassal for the king for Navarre and was rewarded with a principality and the title of Count of Portucale in the eleventh century.
	www.acs.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/portuguese.html (1090 words)

	Coldstream History
		After 1688 and the accession to the Throne of William and Mary, the Regiment embarked for Flanders again and took part in the Battle of Walcourt (1689), the Limden campaign (1693) and the Siege of Namur (1695), the latter forming the second Battle Honor.
		Although it did not result in a Battle Honor, this was one of the most glorious battles ever fought by the Brigade of Guards.
		The battles are too numerous to detail in this brief account, but during the War the Regiment served both as dismounted Infantry and as Armored Battalions (equipped with Sherman and Churchill tanks).
	www.reenact.com /coldstream_history.htm (3754 words)

	The Pride and the Prejudice
		1808 (July 19) -- the Spanish defeated a French army under Pierre Dupont at the Battle of Baylen.
		1808 (August 21) -- at the Battle of Vimeiro, Wellesley defeated the French.
		1808 (December 16) -- French victory at the Battle of Cardadeu.
	www.vernonjohns.org /snuffy1186/pridepre.html (705 words)

	Napoleon Series Battles & Campaigns
		During the battle of Friedland, General Senarmont improvised a new artillery tactic to crush the Russian forces to his front.
		On 7th February 1807, the Russian Army was retreating from the town of Landsberg to Preussisch-Eylau where the Commander-in-Chief, General Bennigsen, decided to fight a decisive battle with Napoleon...
		The importance of the walled farm of Hougoumont, lying in front of the western end of the Allied lines was emphasized by the elite troops that Wellington assigned to its defence...
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/battles/c_battles.html (1146 words)

	Around Europe
		Even Paolo Di Canio threatened to leave and failed to show up for training in the summer of 1997, but he may have resolved his problems.
		So next season is going to be yet another battle with Rangers.
		Located in Oporto, FC Porto are the second most successful club in Portugal, second to their arch rivals Benfica.
	members.tripod.com /~Sachin_Gandhi/europe.html (1131 words)

	Napoleon's Foreign Infantry (Italians, Poles, Irishmen, Croats, Germans and Swiss) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The numebr of foreigners in major battles was often significant.
		With the exception of desertion of Saxons at Leipzig, followed by the defection of the Bavarians, the foreigners were loyal and fought well.
		28 Battles: 1806 - St.Euphemie, Mangona, and Codron, 1807 - Salzbrunn, 1808 - Mallen, Allagon, Saragosse, Tudela, and Tavenca, 1809 - Saragosse, Alcanitz, Maria, Belchite, and Stella, 1810 - Villet-Checa, 1811 - Tarragona, Murviedra, Gratalope and Fairet, 1812 - Valence, Smolensk, Chirikovo, Borodino, Krimskoie, Voronowo, Beresina, Krasnoie, and Wilna
	web2.airmail.net /napoleon/infantry_Napoleon_3.htm (3134 words)

	The Times for June
		The battle began with the Portuguese army deployed in sound positions behind a small village on the outskirts of Oporto.
		The battle opened on the Portuguese right where superior Spanish cavalry (with horseguards in support) overwhelmed a single Portuguese dragoon regiment and eventually cut the Oporto road despite a countercharge by the 16th Light Dragoons from the reserve.
		In the afternoon phase of the battle, the more secure Portuguese left was attacked by the other Spanish foot brigade including the Spanish footguards.
	www.angelfire.com /mac/chisok/soktimes2.html (565 words)

	AMERICAN PAINTBRUSH
		Phil Hill put up a spirited performance in the aging front-engined Ferrari Dino along with team-mate Von Trips at the Portuguese GP of 1960.
		Battling valiantly against the Lotus 18 of third place finisher Jim Clark and the Cooper Climax T53's of second place finisher Bruce McLaren and eventual race winner Jack Brabham.
		In 1950, before a crowd of 25,000, Sam Collier lead the field in the Briggs Cunningham entered Ferrari 166 Corsa ahead of a brace of Jaguars, the SS100 of Dave Garroway and the XK120 of Bob Reider, going through Miliken's Corner into downtown Watkins Glen on the original 6.6 mile Grand Prix course.
	www.guildhall.com /paintbrush/blackhawk/group3am.html (179 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - Portuguese AAR 1492 - 1568 (Part one)
		The war is a hard war of attrition in which mainly sees pitched battles and sieges in the northern provinces of leon and oporto.
		The first target was the thinly held province of Gibraltar on the southern tip of the iberian peninsula, and as expected after a short siege, it soon fell.
		Both Oporto and Andalucia had wine refinerys built in their provinces in 1600 and 1604 respectively, and they soon earned back the investment made in them with sizable increases in overall revenue not to mention new jobs and trades for the growing populace now fried from military service.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/printthread.php?t=4173 (4734 words)

	World history of events and dates of Napoleonic Wars Great Britain
		The battle ends the League of Armed Neutrality of Denmark, Sweden, Russia & Prussia
		The battle of Copenhagen is followed by the treaty of Amiens
		Nelson is killed but the battle is won & England is safe from French invasion
	www.datesofhistory.com /Napoleonic-Wars-Great-Britain.general.html (356 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Soult, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Soult, Nicolas Jean de Dieu SOULT, NICOLAS JEAN DE DIEU [Soult, Nicolas Jean de Dieu], 1769-1851, marshal of France.
		Having won distinction in the Napoleonic Wars, especially at the battle of Austerlitz, he was created (1808) duke of Dalmatia and was given command in the Peninsular War.
		Peninsular War PENINSULAR WAR [Peninsular War] 1808-14, fought by France against Great Britain, Portugal, Spanish regulars, and Spanish guerrillas in the Iberian Peninsula.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Soult, (335 words)

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