The Battle of Cape St. Vincent was a naval encounter off Cape St. Vincent between a Liberal fleet under the command of British naval officer Charles Napier against a Miguelite fleet under the command
Naval Battle of Cape St. Vincent Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio, 1842
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The Liberal Wars, also known as the Portuguese Civil War and the War of the Two Brothers was a civil war in Portugal that lasted from May 1828 to May 1834, fought between liberal progressive constitut
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833)
…Charles Napier against a Miguelite fleet under the command of Portuguese naval officer Manuel Marreiros, which was fought on 5 July 1833 during the Liberal Wars and resulted in a decisive victory for the Liberal fleet. Over the course of the battle, the Liberal fleet, despite being significantly outnumbered by…
Battle of Ferreira Bridge, 23 July 1832
A contemporaneous cartoon, showing the conflict between the Two Brothers, as children, supported and instigated, respectively, by the French King Louis Philippe I, representing the liberal side, and Czar Nicholas I of Russia, representing the anti-liberalist Holy Alliance
Battle of Praia Bay, 11 August 1829
Landing of the liberal forces in Pampelido, north of Porto, 8 July 1832