Combat of Évora de Alcobaça

Combat of Évora de Alcobaça
Part of the Peninsular War
Date 8 December 1810 Location Évora de Alcobaça, Alcobaça, Portugal Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portugal	French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Captain Joseph Fenwick (WIA)	Unkown
Strength
~80 militia	80 grenadiers
Casualties and losses
1 officer, unknown	Unknown

The Combat of Évora de Alcobaça took place on the 8th December 1810, during the Third French Invasion of Portugal.

A foraging party of 80 French grenadiers was defeated by a detachment of the Óbidos militia, in the area of Évora de Alcobaça. The young captain Fenwick, who commanded the Portuguese militia died of his wounds two days later. William Carr Beresford later lamented the loss of the young captain of the 1/3rd "The Buffs".

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