Second Battle of Porto
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The Second Battle of Porto, also known as the Battle of the Douro or the Crossing of the Douro, took place on 12 May 1809. General Arthur Wellesley's Anglo-Portuguese Army defeated Marshal Soult's Fre
Engraving of the battle
Reenactment of the battle in 2009
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
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Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia was a French military commander and statesman. He was a Marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars, and served three times as President o
Second Battle of Porto
…known as the Battle of the Douro or the Crossing of the Douro, took place on 12 May 1809. General Arthur Wellesley's Anglo-Portuguese Army defeated Marshal Soult's French troops and took back the city of Porto. After taking command of the British troops in Portugal on 22 April, Wellesley (later named 1st Duke…
Portrait of Marshal Soult by George Healy, 1840
Soult's birthplace in Saint-Amans-Soult
Soult as a sergeant of the 23rd Line Infantry Regiment in 1792, by Vincent Nicolas Raverat (1834)
Anonymous portrait of Soult