Siege of Campo Maior

Siege of Campo Maior
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession

Map of the siege of Campo Maior
Date28 September – 29 October 1712
Location
Campo Maior, Portugal
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portugal Spain
Commanders and leaders
Estevão da Gama Alexandre Maître
Strength
947 soldiers
306 militia
70 horse		 10,000 footsoldiers
8,000 horsemen
Casualties and losses
103 dead, 77 wounded, 47 POWs among soldiers and militias 700–2,000 dead and wounded

The siege of Campo Maior was a military operation of the War of the Spanish Succession that took place in 1712 and in which Campo Maior resisted a siege by a Spanish army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay.

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