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Events on Thursday 27 September 1810 1
1810Battle of BussacoWellington checks Masséna's invasion of Portugal on the Bussaco ridgeAn Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellington inflicted heavy casualties on Marshal André Masséna's invading French army from a defensive position on the Bussaco ridge. Although tactically victorious, Wellington continued his withdrawal toward the fortified Lines of Torres Vedras. The battle marked the growing effectiveness of Portuguese troops trained alongside the British.