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10–11 May 1809
- The Battle of Grijó (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡɾiˈʒɔ]) (10–11 May 1809) ended in victory for the Anglo-Portuguese Army commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley (the future 1st Duke of Wellington) over the French army commanded by Marshal Nicolas Soult during the Second French invasion of Portugal in the Peninsular War.
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The Battle of Grijó (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡɾiˈʒɔ]) (10–11 May 1809) ended in victory for the Anglo-Portuguese Army commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley (the future 1st Duke of Wellington) over the French army commanded by Marshal Nicolas Soult during the Second French invasion of Portugal in the Peninsular War.
- 10-11 May 1809 [1]
- Anglo-Portuguese victory
May 9, 2021 · Not as famous as many battles of the Peninsula War, The Battle of Grijo was fought on the evening of 10th May and the morning of the 11th May 1809, in Portugal.
Battle of Grijó. Fought by Wellesley’s Anglo-Portuguese army and the French under Soult. Soult’s divisional commander Mermet, faced with being outflanked by the KGL and 15th Portuguese – and pressed in his centre – withdrew and handed victory to Wellesley. 12 May Second Battle of Oporto.
The Battle of Grijó ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡɾiˈʒɔ]) (10–11 May 1809) was a battle that ended in victory for the Anglo-Portuguese Army commanded by Sir Arthur Wellesley (the future 1st Duke of Wellington) over the French army commanded by Marshal Nicolas Soult during the second French invasion of Portugal in the Peninsular War.
- 10-11 May 1809
- Anglo-Portuguese victory
- Grijó, Portugal
- 3 min
Mar 12, 2008 · The combat of Grijon of 11 May 1809 was the second action during Sir Arthur Wellesley’s campaign in northern Portugal of 1809. The target of the campaign was Marshal Soult’s army at Oporto, which had fallen to the French on 29 March.
Jan 9, 2020 · According to Homer’s Iliad, the conflict between the Greeks – led by Agamemnon, King of Mycenae – and the Trojans – whose king was Priam – took place in the Late Bronze Age, and lasted 10...
This battle, also known as the Second Battle of Oporto, saw Sir Arthur Wellesley’s (later the Duke of Wellington) successful passage of the River Douro at Oporto in Portugal, on 12th May 1809 during the Peninsular War, forcing Marshal Soult’s French army into headlong and disastrous retreat to Spain.
