Battle of Ameixial

Battle of Ameixial
Part of Portuguese Restoration War
17th-century Portuguese engraving depicting the Battle of Ameixial
Date 8 June 1663 Location Near Estremoz, Portugal 38°51′N 7°39′W / 38.85°N 7.65°W / 38.85; -7.65 Result Portuguese victory[2]
Belligerents
Portugal England[1]	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Sancho Vilhena Frederick Schomberg Count of Ericeira	John of Austria
Strength
17,000 (3,000 from British Isles):[3][4] 14,000 infantry 3,000 cavalry 15 cannons	18,500:[5][6] 12,500 infantry (26 Spanish Tercios, 8 Italian Tercios, 5 German Tercios and one French Tercio) 6,000 cavalry (11 trozos or bodies) 18 cannons
Casualties and losses
More than 1,000 Portuguese killed 100 English casualties	4,000 killed All the artillery captured[3]

The Battle of Ameixial, was fought on 8 June 1663, near the village of Santa Vitória do Ameixial, some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-west of Estremoz, between Spanish and Portuguese as part of the Portuguese Restoration War. In Spain, the battle is better known as the Battle of Estremoz.