Roliça´s Battle - Bombarral, Portugal - Battlefields on Waymarking.com

Formerly spelled Roleia in English, it was the first battle fought by the British army during the Peninsular War.
The village of Roliça is placed in the centre of a horseshoe shape of steep hills approximately one mile wide and two deep. The open end opens North North East toward Óbidos where the 95th had met the French the day before. The hills around Óbidos and Roliça were well wooded.
The French began the day to the north of Roliça backed up to the higher ground allowing them to block or protect the roads south toward Lisbon. On the hill about one mile to the south of the village where the French first fell back, there were four defiles, or gullies leading into the new French position. The field below these hills were grassy, but boulders and the steep sides to the gullies made attack in formation impossible. In the first stages of the battle, Delaborde pulled his troops back to the top of the hill.
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Name of Battle: Batalha da Roliça Name of War: Peninsular War Date(s) of Battle (Beginning): 08/17/1808 Entrance Fee: Not Listed Parking: Not Listed Date of Battle (End): Not listed

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