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Battle of Vimeiro
Battle: Vimeiro (or Vimiero)
War: Peninsular War
Date of the Battle of Vimeiro: 21stAugust 1808
Place of the Battle of Vimeiro: Central Portugal
Combatants at the Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese against the French
Generals at the Battle of Vimeiro: Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Wellesley against Marshal Junot
Size of the armies at the Battle of Vimeiro:
The British Army comprised 500 British and Portuguese cavalry, 20,000 infantry and 18 guns
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The first British troops to reach Portugal were commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Wellesley
(later the Duke of Wellington)
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More senior officers were to follow, Sir Harry Burrard and Sir Hew Dalrymple
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Wellesley landed his army near Coimbra in central Portugal
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Burrard considered the planned march on Lisbon excessively rash,
until the further British troops commanded by Sir John Moore arrived
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Fortunately, Wellesley’s opposing French commander, Marshal Junot, bore the nickname of ‘the
Hurricane’ and was hastening from Lisbon to attack the British force
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Junot was forced to leave in Lisbon a sufficient garrison to keep the Portuguese in thrall, causing him to
march to attack the British with an army smaller than Wellesley’s, although stronger in cavalry
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Wellesley’s army was based on the village of Vimeiro, on the bank of the Maceiro River
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Fane’s and Anstruther’s British brigades were positioned to the east of Vimeiro with 12 guns
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The British brigades of Wellesley’s left wing
were positioned along the ridge
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Craufurd’s brigade formed the
reserve
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The French army reached the area of Vimeiro on the morning of 21st August 1808
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Junot formed the plan of attacking the British in Vimeiro, as Wellesley expected, while simultaneously
sending a force around the northern end of the ridge to cut the British from their sea transports
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Brenier’s approach could be followed from the British side by the cloud of dust the marching troops
generated, causing Wellesley to move several of his brigades along the ridge to counter the threat
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These brigades were led by the divisional commanders,
Delaborde and Loisin
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After some confused fighting the British regiments of Fane’s brigade, 50th, 60th and 2nd/95thRegiments,
drove Thomière’s brigade back down the hill, taking several guns

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