Battle of Vimeiro
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In the Battle of Vimeiro on 21 August 1808, the British under General Arthur Wellesley defeated the French under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, near Lisbon, Portugal, du
The 20th Light Dragoons charging at French dragoons during the battle
Jean-Andoche Junot
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Jean-Andoche Junot, Duke of Abrantès was a French military officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He is best known for leading the French invasion of Portugal in
Battle of Vimeiro
…texts) on 21 August 1808, the British under General Arthur Wellesley (who later became the Duke of Wellington) defeated the French under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro (Portuguese pronunciation: ), near Lisbon, Portugal, during the Peninsular War. This battle put an end to the first French…
Junot as a sergeant of the grenadiers of the 2nd Côte-d'Or Battalion in 1792, by Félix Philippoteaux (1834)
Junot leading his troops against the Ottomans near Nazareth, in The Combat of Nazareth by Antoine-Jean Gros (1801)
Coin bearing Junot's profile
Junot protecting the city of Lisbon, allegory by Domingos Sequeira (1808)