Clérigos Tower (Porto, 1763): The French under Marshal Soult defeated the Portuguese, under Brigadier Caetano José Vaz Parreiras, outside the city of Porto on 29 March 1809, during the Peninsular War. Soult followed up his success by storming the city. ("The Peninsular War: a new history". Charles Joseph Esdaile, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2003: 164)
país: Portugal
any: 1973
Yvert: 1137A