Battle of Grijó
| Battle of Grijó | |||||||
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| Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
Illustration of the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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British Empire Portugal | France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Arthur Wellesley Stapleton Cotton Edward Paget Rowland Hill |
Jean de Soult Julien Mermet | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 18,000 | 7,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 104 |
200 hundreds of prisoners | ||||||
The Battle of Grijó (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡɾiˈʒɔ]) (10–11 May 1809) ended in victory for the Anglo-Portuguese Army commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley (the future 1st Duke of Wellington) over the French army commanded by Marshal Nicolas Soult during the Second French invasion of Portugal in the Peninsular War. The next day, Wellesley drove Soult from Porto in the Second Battle of Porto.