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The Battle of Buçaco (pronounced) or Bussaco, fought on 27 September 1810 during the Peninsular War in the Portuguese mountain range of Serra do Buçaco, resulted in the defeat of French forces by Lord Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army.
1 Μαρ 2024 · The War Room XIV: Battle of Bussaco, 1810. Featuring the Duke of Wellington in his favourite place: a reverse slope. This is mostly taken from Oman again, this time Volume III....more....
The Peninsular War | The Battle of Buçaco (Bussaco), 27th September 1810. Background. Faced with the likelihood of a renewed French invasion of Portugal from Spain in 1810, Wellington deployed the 1st, 3rd, 4th and Light Divisions to guard the most northern and most likely invasion route through Ciudad Rodrigo and Almeida.
7 Αυγ 2019 · Sir Charles Oman's classic map of the Battle of Bussaco showing the steep ridge extending at a right angle from the River Mondego, like a wall barring the way into Portugal and showing the positions of the two armies at the start of the battle.
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The Battle of Bussaco. With the fall of Almeida, Wellington could easily have withdrawn his army swiftly behind the line of fortifications he had prepared at Torres Vedras. Instead he chose a slower retreat, pausing to offer battle on the Bussaco ridge, north of Coimbra.
31 Μαρ 2021 · Bussaco or Buçaco Battlefield in Portugal was the site of a British-Portuguese victory against the French during the Peninsular War. Visitors can see the headquarters of the French Marshal André Masséna and also visit the nearby military museum.