Trant's raid

Trant's Raid
	Part of the Peninsular War
	; Coimbra
Date	6 October 1810
Location	Coimbra, Portugal40°12′N 8°25′W / 40.200°N 8.417°W
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portugal	French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Nicholas Trant	Unknown
Strength
4,000 Portuguese militia	Unknown
Casualties and losses
3 killed; 26 wounded	8 killed; 4,000 captured

Peninsular War

220km
137miles

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Fuentes de Oñoro

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Sabugal

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Lisbon

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Bussaco

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Almeida

2

Ciudad Rodrigo

1

Astorga

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Third French invasion:

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Siege of Astorga March April 1810

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Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo April 1810

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Siege of Almeida July 1810
3.1 Blockade of Almeida April 1811

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Battle of Bussaco September 1810

5

Torres Vedras protects Lisbon

6

Battle of Redinha March 1811

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Battle of Sabugal April 1811

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Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro May 1811

Trant's raid was the Portuguese recapture of the city of Coimbra from the French on 6 October 1810 during the Peninsular War. The assault was undertaken by a Portuguese militia led by Colonel Nicholas Trant, an Irish officer in the British Army.