Bussaco

The Portsmouth Napoleonic Society

'Over The Hills and Far Away'

Bussaco 27th Sept 1810:

Maps stolen from: https://www.napoleon-series.org/military/c_maps.html

The Convent at Bussaco:

Interior of the Convent:

The Military Museum at Bussaco:

The View of Sula from the monument at Bussaco:

Craufurd's Mill at Sula:

Wellington's Post of Command:

Massena's Mill at Moura:

S. Antonio do Cantaro:

link to: Reenactment 2010

Pictures from our 2000 trip:

The Convent and Palace Hotel The Convent is the small tiled building, this is where Wellington stayed the night before the battle:

Stone commemorating the Battle placed on Wellingtons point of command:

View looking along the ridge from Wellingtons command post the whole area is now forested:

Various views of Sula:

The monument just above Sula:

Military Museum this building was used during the battle as a Hospital:

Inside the museum and the interior of the church:

Crauford's position and the stone marking the spot and the view from the stone looking down into the valley:

The view from Massena's Position in Moira:

Panorama of the view looking up at the ridge from Moira:

Panorama from San Antonio de Cantaro:

The small chapel at San Antonio de Cantaro and the local farmer who some excellent wine in barrels in the cellar below the house:

Bussaco 1992:

Andrew Jackson's great page about the battle of Buçaco

If you would like to see more pictures before we can get round to posting them or more info please send us an email and we will see what we have.