Military operation

Trant's raid

6 Oct 1810 · 40.21° N, 8.43° W

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When
6 Oct 1810
Kind
Military operation
Coordinates
40.21° N, 8.43° W
Description
1810 recapture during the Peninsular War

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Trant's raid

1810 recapture during the Peninsular War

Trant's raid was the Portuguese recapture of the city of Coimbra from the French on 6 October 1810 during the Peninsular War. The assault was undertaken by a Portuguese militia led by Colonel Nicholas Trant, an Irish officer in the British Army.

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