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  partof the Peninsular War
  date August 20 1808
  place near the village of Vimeiro , Portugal
  result Allied victory
  combatant1 Britain , Portugal
  combatant2 France
  commander1 Arthur Wellesley
  commander2 Jean-Andoche Junot
  strength1 20,500 men and cavalry<br>18 guns
  strength2 14,000 men and cavalry<br>23 guns
  casualties1 720 killed and wounded
  casualties2 2,000 kill and wounded<br>13 guns captured




The Battle of Vimeiro, a battle of the Peninsular War near the village of Vimeiro in Portugal , was fought on August 20 1808 and resulted in the victory of the British under General Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Of Wellington against the French under General Jean-Andoche Junot .

Four days after the Battle Of Roliça , Wellesley's force, now comprising 17,000 Anglo-Portuguese troops, was attacked by General Junot and his Army. The attack was repulsed with the French taking 2,000 casualties, and Junot retreated to the nearby Torres Vedras .

After the battle Junot asked for a capitulation on the terms that he and his army be repatriated to France. The two officers who had superseded Wellesley agreed to the terms (''see Convention Of Sintra '') and the French Army was transported by the British Fleet to France complete with the loot it had taken from Portugal. There was outrage in Britain and the three senior officers involved, Hew Dalrymple , Harry Burrard and Wellesley were subjected to an enquiry.


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