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Battle of Braga (1809)

March 20, 1809 · Braga

Result French victory

Marshal Soult's French army defeated Portuguese militia and regular troops near Braga and then advanced to take Porto.

On the map Contemporaries

French Empire and allies

Coalition

France

Portugal

Jean-de-Dieu Soult military commander

Armand Lebrun de La Houssaye military commander Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 16,000–16,650c. 16,000
Casualties: 200–600c. 400
Guns: 12

Strength: 23,000–25,000
Casualties: 4,400c. 4,400
Captured: c. 400
Guns: 18
Guns lost: 17c. 17