Battle of Vimeiro

When

21 Aug 1808

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

39.18° N, 9.32° W

Description

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

1808 Battle during the Peninsular War

In the Battle of Vimeiro on 21 August 1808, the British under General Arthur Wellesley defeated the French under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, near Lisbon, Portugal, during the Peninsular War. This battle put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Peninsular War: Battle of Vimeiro – British-Portuguese troops under Wellesley defeat the French under General Jean-Andoche Junot”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die in Portugal eingedrungene französische Armee unter Marschall Junot wird in der Schlacht von Vimeiro von britischen Truppen unter dem Herzog von Wellington,…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Français de Junot sont défaits à Vimeiro au Portugal par le Britannique Arthur Wellesley (futur Wellington)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Герцог Веллингтон в битве при Вимейро нанёс поражение французской армии генерала Жана Жюно”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Tropas británicas bajo el Duque de Wellington derrotan a los franceses bajo el general Junot en la Batalla de Vimeiro”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Peninsular War2 May 1808 · War of independence