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First Battle of Porto | |||||||
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Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
![]() Marshall Soult surveys the broken bridge as Oporto falls to the French on 29 March 1809. In the foreground a grenadier rescues an orphaned baby. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
30,000[1] | 16,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
8,000-10,000 killed[2] Unknown wounded | 500 killed or wounded[2] |
In the First Battle of Porto (29 March 1809) the French under Marshal Soult defeated the Portuguese, under General Parreiras, outside the city of Porto[a] during the Peninsular War. Soult followed up his success by storming the city.[3]
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