Battle of Foz de Arouce

Battle of Foz de Arouce
	Part of the Peninsular War
	; The positions and movements during the Combat of Foz de Arouce
Date	15 March 1811
Location	Foz de Arouce, Lousã, Portugal40°09′49″N 8°16′51″W / 40.16361°N 8.28083°W
Result	Anglo-Portuguese victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; Portugal	French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Arthur Wellesley	Michel Ney
Strength
8,000; 12 cannons	7,000
Casualties and losses
71 killed and wounded	250 killed, wounded and captured

Peninsular war

200km
125miles

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Fuentes de Oñoro

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Sabugal

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Foz de Arouce

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Lisbon

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Bussaco

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Almeida

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Ciudad Rodrigo

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Astorga

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Third French invasion:

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Siege of Astorga March April 1810

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Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo April 1810

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Siege of Almeida July 1810
3.1 Blockade of Almeida April 1811

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Battle of Bussaco September 1810

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Torres Vedras protects Lisbon

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Battle of Foz de Arouce March 1811

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Battle of Sabugal April 1811

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Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro May 1811

The Battle of Foz de Arouce was an engagement of the Peninsular War which took place on 15 March 1811 between Anglo-Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) and French troops under the command of Marshal Michel Ney.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Smith 1998, p. 356.
^ Rickard, J. (10 April 2008). "Combat of Foz de Arouce, 15 March 1811". History of War. Retrieved 24 July 2017.

[FOOTNOTESmith1998356-1] Smith 1998, p. 356.

[historyofwar-2] Rickard, J. (10 April 2008). "Combat of Foz de Arouce, 15 March 1811". History of War. Retrieved 24 July 2017.

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