The Battle of Montijo, was fought on May 26, 1644, in Montijo, Spain between Portugueses and Spanish forces. May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ...

History

Portuguese General Matias de Albuquerque knew the Spanish were commanded by the Marquis of Torrecusa, a renown military tactician and he was willing to affirm his own presence. Although having several difficulties, he managed to gather 6,000 infantry, 1,100 cavalry and 6 cannons, in order to make a "real" battle. He crossed the frontier and attacked Montijo, easily taking over the Spanish stronghold.

Not having encountered the Spanish army he decided to return to the initial point from where he had departed, a better terrain for defending a possible Spanish retaliation. The Spaniards did so, and a split of Torrecusa's army lead by the Baron of Mollingen met the Portuguese with an army composed by 6,000 infantry and 2,500 cavalry. Albuquerque had disposed his men for defence brilliantly and on May 26 1644 the two armies met. The first shock was disastrous for the Portuguese flanks as was in that point that the Spanish cavalry first attacked, causing the flee of many Portuguese, among them around 150 Dutch allies under the command of Piper. Led by Mollingen himself, the Spanish cavalry opened a breach in the centre of the Portuguese positions. Albuquerque's horse was killed and he was found fighting on his feet by a French officer named Lamorlé (fighting for the Portuguese) who gave him his own horse. Seeing their commander fighting again on horseback the Portuguese recovered their moral and soon after the Portuguese artillery fired over the Spanish cavalry and infantry the balance started to favour the Portuguese. The Spanish who had attacked with all their forces not having any reserve did not expect anything but the victory. Their batallions where forced to retreat to the other margin of the Guadiana. Species , black/white/green pepper , betel , ant piper , Malias piper , cubeb , long pepper , kava , long pepper Piper is an economically and ecologically important genus of the family Piperaceae that includes a fascinating array of species for studying natural history, natural products chemistry, community ecology, and evolutionary biology. ... Guadiana (Latin Anas, Spanish Guadiana, Portuguese Guadiana) - one of the major rivers of Spain, part of it is the border with Portugal, ends in the Atlantic Ocean. ...

Besides the defeat inflicted in the Spanish troops, the Battle of Montijo had an extremely important role on the rise of the Portuguese moral, a consequence of the considerably heroic victory of Matias de Albuquerque. In Lisbon the victory was widely celebrated. District Lisbon Mayor   - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ...