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Events on Thursday 15 November 1810 1
1810French Invasion of Portugal Halted at the Lines of Torres VedrasMasséna's army stalls before Wellington's secret fortifications and retreatsMarshal Masséna's French army reached the Lines of Torres Vedras, a network of fortifications built in secret to protect Lisbon, and found them too strong to assault. Unable to break through or feed his army in the stripped countryside, Masséna held his position for weeks before retreating toward Spain. The failed invasion was a turning point in the Peninsular War.