Battle of Foz de Arouce | |||||||
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Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
8,000 12 cannons[1] | 7,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
71 killed and wounded[1] | 250 killed, wounded and captured[1] |
The Battle of Foz de Arouce was an engagement of the Peninsular War which took place on 15 March 1811 between Anglo-Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) and French troops under the command of Marshal Michel Ney.[2]