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270px, Landing of the liberal forces in Oporto on 8 July 1832
The landing at Mindelo was a landing of Portuguese Liberal forces near
Fred Yanick Fonseca Delgado, 2016, p. 42-48
Disembarkation Braves of Mindelo 1832
The landing at Mindelo was a landing of Portuguese Liberal forces near Mindelo (Vila do Conde)
Mindelo is a civil parish in Vila do Conde Municipality, along the '' Green Coast'' in continental Portugal. Situated 21 km northwest of Porto, it is part of the Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto. The population in 2011 was 3,491,
North of Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropo ...
on 8 July 1832, and turning point in the Liberal Wars
The Liberal Wars (), also known as the Portuguese Civil War (), the War of the Two Brothers () or Miguelite War (), was a war between liberal constitutionalists and conservative absolutists in Portugal over royal succession that lasted from 1 ...
(1828 - 1834).
The landing
During the first 4 years of the War, Absolutist forces loyal to Dom Miguel, who had usurped the throne of Portugal, were in control of the Portuguese mainland. While the Liberals loyal to ex-Emperor of Brazil
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, Dom Pedro Dom Pedro (''Lord Peter'') is the traditional Portuguese appellation of several kings of Portugal:
* Peter I of Portugal
* Peter II of Portugal
* Peter III of Portugal
* Pedro IV of Portugal
* Pedro V of Portugal
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Duke of Braganza, controlled the Azores
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On 8 July 1832 a fleet of 60 ships under the command of the British Admiral George Rose Sartorius
Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rose Sartorius (9 August 1790 – 13 April 1885) was an officer of the British Royal Navy. After serving as a junior officer during the Napoleonic Wars, he was present, as a post-captain, at the surrender of Na ...
arrived from the Azores at the ''Arnosa de Pampelido'' beach near Mindelo.
Some 7500 men came ashore, including António Severin de Noronha
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan language, Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 40 ...
Count of Vila Flor, Alexandre Herculano
Alexandre Herculano de Carvalho e Araújo (28 March 181013 September 1877) was a Portuguese novelist and historian.
Early life
Herculano's family had humble origins. One of his grandfathers was a foreman stonemason in the royal employ. Hercul ...
, Almeida Garrett
João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, 1st Viscount of Almeida Garrett (; 4 February 1799 – 9 December 1854) was a Portuguese poet, orator, playwright, novelist, journalist, politician, and a peer of the realm. A major promoter o ...
, Joaquim António de Aguiar
Joaquim António de Aguiar (Coimbra
Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of .
The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, ...
and José Travassos Valdez
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. There were also many foreign volunteers : French, Belgian, Polish, Italian, German, Spanish and a British contingent under the command of Colonels George Lloyd Hodges
Sir George Lloyd Hodges (1792 – 14 December 1862) was a British soldier and diplomat.
He was born at the Old Abbey, County Limerick, Ireland, the eldest son of George Thomas Hodges. He entered the British Army in 1806, and took part in the Bat ...
and Charles Shaw. The Army was later called ''Os Bravos do Mindelo'' (''The Braves of Mindelo'').
The Absolutist authorities were caught by surprise and were not able to oppose the landing, nor the occupation of Porto the next day. On 23 July the Liberal Army were able to repulse the Absolutists in the Battle of Ponte Ferreira
The Battle of Ponte Ferreira, fought on 22–23 July 1832, was the first major battle of the Portuguese Civil War between the forces of Dom Pedro, ex-Emperor of Brazil and Regent for his daughter Maria da Glória, and the army of his brother Do ...
, but had to fall back on Porto where they were besieged for an entire year.
Honours
The port city on the island of São Vicente inCape Verde
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was named in 1838 in honour of the Landing at Mindelo.Génese e desenvolvimento da cidade do Mindelo: a preservação de uma identidadeFred Yanick Fonseca Delgado, 2016, p. 42-48
Sources
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