Évora de Alcobaça is a ''
freguesia
(), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese over ...
'' ("civil parish") in the municipality of
Alcobaça, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,485, in an area of 42.42 km
2.
History
The Combat of Évora de Alcobaça took place on the 8th December 1810, during the
Third French Invasion of Portugal. A foraging party of 80 French grenadiers was defeated by a detachment of about 80 of the
Óbidos militia, led by Captain Joseph Fenwick. The captain was wounded in action and died of his wounds two days later.
William Carr Beresford
William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, (; 2 October 1768 – 8 January 1854) was a British army officer and politician. A general in the British Army and a Marshal in the Portuguese Army, he fought alongside the Duke of Wellington i ...
, Commander in Chief of the Portuguese Army, later lamented the loss of the young captain of the
1/3rd "The Buffs".
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Leiria District
Alcobaça, Portugal