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{{short description|Action of the Peninsular War}} |
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{{Infobox military conflict |
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|partof=the [[Peninsular War]] |
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|date= 8 December 1810 |
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|place= Évora de Alcobaça, [[Alcobaça, Portugal|Alcobaça]], [[Portugal]] |
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|result= Portuguese victory |
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|combatant1={{flagicon|Portugal|1750}} [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]] |
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|combatant2={{flagicon|France}} [[First French Empire|French Empire]] |
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|commander1={{flagicon|Portugal|1750}} Captain Joseph Fenwick{{WIA}} |
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|commander2={{flagicon|France}} Unkown |
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|strength1= ~80 militia |
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|strength2= 80 grenadiers |
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|casualties1= 1 officer, unknown |
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|casualties2= Unknown |
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{{Campaignbox Peninsular War (1810-1811)}} |
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The '''Combat of Évora de Alcobaça''' took place on the 8th December 1810, during the Third French Invasion of Portugal. |
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A foraging party of 80 French grenadiers was defeated by a detachment of the [[Óbidos, Portugal|Óbidos]] militia, in the area of Évora de Alcobaça. The young captain Fenwick, who commanded the Portuguese militia died of his wounds two days later. [[William Carr Beresford]] later lamented the loss of the young captain of the [[The Buffs|1/3rd "The Buffs"]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 December 1810 |title=Num. 301. Segunda feira 17 Dezembro 1810 |pages=3–4 |work=Gazeta de Lisboa |hdl=2027/hvd.hxihc1?urlappend=%3Bseq=629 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hxihc1?urlappend=%3Bseq=629%3Bownerid=116105668-645 |access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Évora de Alcobaça, Combat of}} |
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[[Category:Battles involving France]] |
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[[Category:Battles involving Portugal]] |
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[[Category:Battles of the Napoleonic Wars]] |
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[[Category:Battles of the Peninsular War]] |
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[[Category:Conflicts in 1810]] |
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[[Category:1810 in Portugal]] |
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