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
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

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.

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

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