Lisbon & Cintra; with some account of other cities and historical sites in Portugal . f Bussaco bring thoughts like theseto mind. Outside the Gate of the Queen a little way up the hillstands a chapel which served as a hospital for the manywounded in the Battle of Bussaco, its grounds for a burialplace; a memorial chapel to the fallen on both sides hastaken its place, and here many interesting relics are to beseen. Valuable engravings alluding to the local conflict andother scenes in the war are there, also a large plan of thepositions taken up by the opposing armies on the day ofpreparation fo
Lisbon & Cintra; with some account of other cities and historical sites in Portugal . f Bussaco bring thoughts like theseto mind. Outside the Gate of the Queen a little way up the hillstands a chapel which served as a hospital for the manywounded in the Battle of Bussaco, its grounds for a burialplace; a memorial chapel to the fallen on both sides hastaken its place, and here many interesting relics are to beseen. Valuable engravings alluding to the local conflict andother scenes in the war are there, also a large plan of thepositions taken up by the opposing armies on the day ofpreparation for the fight. The anniversary of the battle iskept by a religious festival to which thousands of country-folk flock, the battery at the monument erected to thefallen fires salutes, and the military band plays. The third invasion of Portugal had only just had been sent to conquer Portugal and drive outthe English; of the grand surprise prepared by the Lines ofTorres Vedras he knew nothing. He crossed the frontieron July 24, 1810, repelled the English division under 238. THI-: MONASTERY Ol l;USSACO. JVellingtofi a7td Masseiia Crawford on the banks of the Coa, and attacked Almeidawhich yielded on August 31. On September 16 Massenamarched slowly forward pushing the Luso-Anglo armybefore him. In obedience to an order of the Regencythe people burned their houses, destroyed their fields andcrops, making a desert for the enemy to pass through; anheroic example of abnegation followed at a later date bythe Russians. Massenas object was to turn Wellingtonsflank and surprise Coimbra; he lost two days through thebad roads, and then decided to gain the Royal Coast routeby way of Bussaco and thus reach the same gaol. Bussacowas occupied by Wellington in command of the alliedforces (26,000 Portuguese and 24,000 English), his linebeing eight miles long. On September 26 the French army (70,000 to 80,000men) was united at the foot of the Serra of Bussaco,while on the heights dominati
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