Trant's raid
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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.[2]
Battle
[edit | edit source]Marshal André Masséna's army had captured Coimbra and established a base there. On 7 October Trant and 4,000 Portuguese militia recaptured the city. French losses were 8 killed and 400 able-bodied soldiers captured. About 3,500 sick and wounded, plus several hundred medical and service personnel also surrendered.[citation needed] Trant's losses were only 3 men killed and another 26 men wounded.[citation needed]
Aftermath
[edit | edit source]As the new governor of the city, he remained in possession of the city all winter while the French carried out their futile blockade of the Lines of Torres Vedras[3]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Smith 1998, p. 348.
- ^ Cobbett 1810, pp. 1051–1055.
- ^ Smith 1998, p. 378.
References
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External links
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