The Siege of Almeida (April 14 - May 10, 1811) took place during the Peninsular War portion of the Napoleonic Wars. After a month-long blockade, the French garrison under Brigadier-General Antoine Brenier escaped, leaving the fortress in Anglo-Portuguese hands.
Almeida is located in eastern Portugal, near the border with Spain. The town had been captured from a Portuguese garrison after an earlier Siege of Almeida in 1810.
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Peninsular War
The Peninsular War was a contest between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French armies invaded Portugal in 1807 and Spain in 1808 and lasted until the Sixth Coalition defeated...
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