ALMEIDA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-eastern See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• GUARDA

Guarda and formerly included in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• BEIRA

Beira; situated in hilly See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country between the See also:

• RIVER

river Cba, a tributary of the See also:

• DOURO (Span. Duero, Port. Douro, anc. Durius)

Douro, and the river Turones, a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Agueda . Pop . (19o0) 2330 . Almeida was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long one of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal frontier fortresses of Portugal . It was captured by the Spaniards in 1762 . During the See also:

• PENINSULAR

Peninsular See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War (q.v.), the country between the C8a and the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish fortress of See also:

• CIUDAD

Ciudad Rodrigo, 25 M . E.S.E., was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of hard fighting . Almeida was taken by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French in 181o, and its recapture, by the allied See also:

• BRITISH

British and Portuguese forces under See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington, was only effected after a relieving force under See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal See also:

• MASSENA, ANDRE, or ANDREA

Massena had been defeated at Fuentes d'Onor (or Fuentes de Ofioro), 13 M . S.S.E . The See also:

• BATTLE

battle was fought on the 5th of May 1811 and the fortress See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell five.days later .