Captain Jorge Vicente - Portuguese army, Sharpe's friend.

This was the first time that a Portuguese army had been completely annihilated during their military operations in Sri Lanka.

After failing to conquer the city by assault, the Portuguese expeditionary army was surrounded and starved into submission by a Moroccan relief army.

The British and Portuguese army had 34,000 infantry, 1,850 cavalry, and 48 guns.

Defeat now did not just mean that Almeida would be relieved, but that the British and Portuguese army would be annihilated.

In 1961 India took control of Goa by sending its army and defeating Portuguese army.

The Portuguese armies, led by Geraldo the Fearless, retake Évora from the Moors.

At the Battle of Braga (1809) on 20 March, the French routed a Portuguese army consisting of a few regulars and 22,000 militia.

Portuguese army advanced along the southern bank of the Kelani River through Maedanda and Weragoda towards Mulleriyawa.

Despite these events, John's government failed to mobilize the Portuguese regular army or call out the militia to defend the realm.