Battle of Ameixial

Battle of Ameixial
	Part of Portuguese Restoration War
	; 17th-century Portuguese engraving depicting the Battle of Ameixial
Date	8 June 1663
Location	Near Estremoz, Portugal38°51′N 7°39′W / 38.85°N 7.65°W
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portugal; England	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Count of Vila Flor; Frederick Schomberg; Count of Ericeira	John of Austria
Strength
17,000 (3,000 from British Isles): 14,000 infantry; 3,000 cavalry; 15 cannons;	18,500: 12,500 infantry (26 Spanish Tercios, 8 Italian Tercios, 5 German Tercios and one French Tercio); 6,000 cavalry (11 trozos or bodies); 18 cannons;
Casualties and losses
More than 1,000 Portuguese killed; 100 English casualties	4,000 killed; All the artillery captured

The Battle of Ameixial, was fought on 8 June 1663, near the village of Santa Vitória do Ameixial, some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-west of Estremoz, between Spanish and Portuguese as part of the Portuguese Restoration War. In Spain, the battle is better known as the Battle of Estremoz.