Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762)
The Spanish invasion of Portugal between 5 May and 24 November 1762 was a main military episode of the wider Seven Years' War, where Spain and France were heavily defeated by the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance (including broad popular resistance). It initially involved the forces of Spain and Portugal, before the French and British intervened in the conflict on the side of their respective allies. The war was also strongly marked by a national guerilla warfare in the mountainous country, cutting off supplies from Spain and a hostile peasantry that enforced a scorched earth policy as the invading armies approached, leaving the invaders starving and short of military supplies.
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Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762)
The Spanish invasion of Portugal between 5 May and 24 November 1762 was a main military episode of the wider Seven Years' War, where Spain and France were heavily defeated by the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance (including broad popular resistance). It initially involved the forces of Spain and Portugal, before the French and British intervened in the conflict on the side of their respective allies. The war was also strongly marked by a national guerilla warfare in the mountainous country, cutting off supplies from Spain and a hostile peasantry that enforced a scorched earth policy as the invading armies approached, leaving the invaders starving and short of military supplies.
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The Spanish invasion of Portug ...... d by Lippe on 1 December 1762.
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Very low: (14 British soldiers ...... dents; Portuguese losses low.)
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Kingdom of Portugal
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1762-11-24
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* Destruction of the Franco-Spanish army.
* The Franco-Spaniards are dri ...... s (except Chaves and Almeida).
Decisive Anglo-Portuguese victory:
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42,000 men, including 10-12,00 ...... on of the eighteenth century).
7,104 British
7-8,000 Portuguese
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Painting by Joshua Reynolds.
The Count of Schaumburg Lippe, ...... h offensives against Portugal.
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The Spanish invasion of Portug ...... nd short of military supplies.
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Spanish invasion of Portugal
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