Lines of Torres Vedras
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title:
Lines of Torres Vedras
text:
The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts and other military defences built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War. Named after the nearby town of Torres Vedras, they were ordered by Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington, constructed by Colonel Richard Fletcher and his Portuguese workers between November 1809 and September 1810, and used to stop Marshal Masséna's 1810 offensive. The Lines were declared a National Heritage by the Portuguese Government in March 2019.
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1809–1811 military defences during the Peninsular War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lines_of_Torres_Vedras
date created:
2003-12-03T18:39:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T00:35:00Z
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