Cintra Convention

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In the Convention of Cintra (also Convention of Sintra ) of August 30, 1808, the withdrawal of the French occupation troops from Portugal was regulated. The French were allowed to keep their booty, which they had looted in Portugal, and were brought back to their homeland on British ships.

background

At the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula , a French army occupied Portugal towards the end of 1807. This was defeated by the British and Portuguese under Wellington in the Battle of Vimeiro on August 21, 1808. Wellington's superiors Sir Harry Burrard and Sir Hew Dalrymple negotiated the Cintra Convention with the French Commander-in-Chief Junot .

consequences

The French troops were deployed to the Iberian Peninsula again soon after they returned home.

In Britain, the Cintra Convention was seen as a missed opportunity to destroy a French army. Therefore, the British Generals Burrard, Dalrymple and Wellington were ordered back home, where an investigation took place. They were acquitted there, but only Wellington, who had spoken out against the convention, received a field command again.

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