{{Short description|1810 recapture during the Peninsular War}}

{{more citations needed|date=December 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use shortened footnotes|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox military conflict |conflict=Trant's Raid |partof=the Peninsular War |image=Sunset Light on Coimbra (10249113315) (cropped).jpg |caption=Coimbra |date=6 October 1810{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=348}} |place=Coimbra, Portugal |coordinates={{coord|40|12|N|8|25|W}} |territory= |result=Portuguese victory |combatant2={{flagicon|France}} French Empire |combatant1={{flagicon image|Flag Portugal (1750).svg}} Portugal |commander2=Unknown |commander1={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Nicholas Trant |strength2=Unknown |strength1=4,000 Portuguese militia |casualties2= 8 killed<br>4,000 captured |casualties1= 3 killed<br>26 wounded |notes= }} {{Campaignbox Peninsular War (1810-1811)}} {{Campaignbox Portugal in the Napoleonic Wars}} {{OSM Location map | coord = {{coord|40.5|-7}} | zoom = 5 | float = right | nolabels = 1 | width = 304 | height = 160 | caption= Third French invasion: | auto-caption= 1 | title= Peninsular War

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| label1 = Astorga | mark-coord1 = {{coord|42.46|-6.06}} | mark-title1 = Siege of Astorga March April 1810

| label2 = Ciudad Rodrigo | mark-coord2 = {{coord|40.6|-6.53}} | mark-title2 = Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo April 1810 | label-pos2 = right

| label3 = Almeida | mark-coord3 = {{coord|40.73|-6.91}} | mark-title3 = Siege of Almeida July 1810<br>3.1 Blockade of Almeida April 1811 | label-pos3 = top | label-offset-y3 = 4

| label4 = Bussaco | mark-coord4 = {{coord|40.33|-8.33}} | mark-title4 = Battle of Bussaco September 1810 | label-offset-x4 = 2 | label-offset-y4 = -2

| label5 = Lisbon | mark-coord5 = {{coord|38.73|-9.15}} | mark-title5 = Torres Vedras protects Lisbon

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| label6 = | mark-coord6 = {{coord|40.05|-8.63}} | mark-title6 = Battle of Redinha March 1811

| label7 = Sabugal | mark-coord7 = {{coord|40.35|-7.08}} | mark-title7 = Battle of Sabugal April 1811 | label-pos7 = bottom | label-offset-x7 = 10 | label-offset-y7 = -6

| label8 = Fuentes de Oñoro | mark-coord8 = {{coord|40.58|-6.82}} | mark-title8 = Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro May 1811 | label-offset-y8 = -5 }}

'''Trant's raid''' was the Portuguese recapture of the city of Coimbra from the French on 6 October 1810 during the Peninsular War. The assault was undertaken by a Portuguese militia led by Colonel Nicholas Trant, an Irish officer in the British Army.{{sfn|Cobbett|1810|pp=1051–1055}}

==Battle== Marshal André Masséna's army had captured Coimbra and established a base there. On 7 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.{{Cn|date=February 2023}} Trant's losses were only 3 men killed and another 26 men wounded.{{Cn|date=February 2023}} center|thumb|Wellingtons retreat from Coimbra

==Aftermath== As the new governor of the city, he remained in possession of the city all winter while the French carried out their futile blockade of the Lines of Torres Vedras{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=378}}

==Notes== {{reflist}}

==References== * {{cite book| last=Cobbett | year=1810 | title=Cobbett's Political Register | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vMpkF9XLJDsC&pg=PA1051 | publisher=Cox and Baylis}} * {{cite book | last=Smith | first=Digby | year=1998 | title=The Napoleonic Wars Data Book | publisher=Greenhill | isbn=1853672769}}

==External links== * {{commons-inline}}

Category:Battles of the Peninsular War involving Portugal Category:Battles of the Peninsular War involving the United Kingdom Category:Military raids Category:History of Coimbra Category:Conflicts in 1810 Category:1810 in Portugal Category:October 1810

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