First Battle of Porto

Cuándo

28 mar 1809

Tipo

Batalla

Coordenadas

41.15° N, 8.61° W

Description

1809 battle during the Peninsular War

1809 battle during the Peninsular War

In the First Battle of Porto the French under Marshal Soult defeated the Portuguese, under General Parreiras, outside the city of Porto during the Peninsular War. Soult followed up his success by storming the city, in the course of which thousands of fleeing citizens drowned in the Porto Boat Bridge disaster.

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