<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vimeiro" id="mwdQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Vimeiro">Battle of Vimeiro</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" id="mwdg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">British</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_people" id="mwdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Portuguese people">Portuguese</a> forces led by General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" id="mweA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">Arthur Wellesley</a> defeat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" id="mweQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Armed Forces">French</a> force under Major-General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Andoche_Junot" id="mweg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jean-Andoche Junot">Jean-Andoche Junot</a> near the village of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimeiro" id="mwew" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vimeiro">Vimeiro</a>, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War" id="mwfA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>.