Trant's raid

Trant's Raid was the Portuguese capture of Coimbra on 6 October 1810. Shortly before the Battle of Bussaco on 27 September 1810, Trant's Portuguese militia ambushed the French Army's baggage train and it barely escaped capture. Marshal André Masséna's army captured Coimbra and established a base there. On 6 October Trant and 4,000 Portuguese militia recaptured the city. French losses were 8 killed and 400 able-bodied soldiers captured. About 3,500 sick and wounded, plus several hundred medical and service personnel also surrendered. Trant lost only 3 killed and 26 wounded. As governor, he remained in possession of the place all winter while the French carried out their futile blockade of the Lines of Torres Vedras