Francisco Leite

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Francisco Leite

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{{Short description|Portuguese military officer}}
{{Short description|Portuguese military officer}}{{Infobox military person
| name = Francisco de Paula Leite de Sousa
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[[File:VISCONDE_DE_UEIROS.jpg|thumb|The Viscount of Veiros in a 19th-century lithographic print]]
| image = VISCONDE DE UEIROS.jpg
'''Francisco de Paula Leite de Sousa, Viscount of Veiros''' (1747{{ndash}}1833) was a Portuguese military officer.
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| caption = The Viscount of Veiros in a 19th-century lithographic print
| birth_date = March 7, 1747
| death_date = July 6, 1833
| birth_place = Santarém, Portugal
| death_place = Lisbon, Portugal
| allegiance = The Kingdom of Portugal
}}
'''Francisco de Paula Leite de Sousa, Viscount of Veiros''' (7 March 1747 {{ndash}} 6 July 1833) was a Portuguese military officer.{{Cite web |date= |title=Francisco de Paula Leite de Sousa, visconde de Veiros |url=https://ahm-exercito.defesa.gov.pt/details?id=254505&detailsType=Description |url-status=live |access-date=April 20 2026 |website=Archeevo}}


According to [[Charles Oman|Oman]] (1903), of all the Portuguese commanders, Leite was the one whom [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Wellington]] most trusted and "every British narrator of the war who came in contact with him has a word of praise in his behalf".[[Charles Oman|Oman, Charles]] (1903). [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/55231/pg55231-images.html#Footnote_102 ''A History of the Peninsular War'', Vol. III, pp. 176, 188.] ''Project Gutenberg''. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
According to [[Charles Oman|Oman]] (1903), of all the Portuguese commanders, Leite was the one whom [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Wellington]] most trusted and "every British narrator of the war who came in contact with him has a word of praise in his behalf".[[Charles Oman|Oman, Charles]] (1903). [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/55231/pg55231-images.html#Footnote_102 ''A History of the Peninsular War'', Vol. III, pp. 176, 188.] ''Project Gutenberg''. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
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===Évora (1808)===
===Évora (1808)===
{{main|Battle of Évora (1808)}}
{{main|Battle of Évora (1808)}}

Following his [[Invasion of Portugal (1807)]] and wishing to reopen his communications with [[Elvas]], and to keep the way clear towards [[Badajoz]], the direction in which he would have to retreat, if he had to evacuate [[Lisbon]], [[Jean-Andoche Junot|Junot]] sent General [[Louis Henri Loison|Loison]] at the head of a strong flying column—seven and a half battalions, two regiments of dragoons, and eight guns—over 7,000 men in all.[[Charles Oman|Oman, Charles]] (1902). [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/53264/pg53264-images.html#FNanchor_262 ''A History of the Peninsular War'', Vol. I, pp. pp. 218-8.] ''Project Gutenberg''. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
Following his [[Invasion of Portugal (1807)]] and wishing to reopen his communications with [[Elvas]], and to keep the way clear towards [[Badajoz]], the direction in which he would have to retreat, if he had to evacuate [[Lisbon]], [[Jean-Andoche Junot|Junot]] sent General [[Louis Henri Loison|Loison]] at the head of a strong flying column—seven and a half battalions, two regiments of dragoons, and eight guns—over 7,000 men in all.[[Charles Oman|Oman, Charles]] (1902). [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/53264/pg53264-images.html#FNanchor_262 ''A History of the Peninsular War'', Vol. I, pp. pp. 218-8.] ''Project Gutenberg''. Retrieved 17 February 2023.


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