Luís Manuel da Câmara, 3rd Count of Ribeira Grande

[1] Finding the square at Campo Maior under attack from the enemy, under the command of French general Alexandre Maître, Marquess of Bay, he petitioned the Count to be given the difficult and honourable task of defending the site.

[1] The General D. Pedro de Zuniga, who commanded the Spanish army, asked for an armistice to recover his dead and wounded, and the Marquess Bay decided to retreat.

[1] The heroism of the defenders of Campo Maior had an influence throughout the country and Kingdom, and the King wrote personally to the Count, promoted his officials and sent words of praise to the soldiers.

[1][2] He arrived in Paris on 18 August 1715, in triumphal parade, with five magnificent coaches, distributing 10,000 silver coins that he ordered smite (in commemoration of his success), in addition to 200 pieces of gold.

[1] His entourage included a confessor, one equerry, two secretaries, eight "hangers-on", six footmen, four pages, two Swiss guards, five coachmen, five postilions and 24 runners.

[1] The first coach symbolised the peace between Portugal and France, and was large, encircled with windows and decorated in dark green velvet entirely covered in gold moulding in relief.

[2] His return to São Miguel also resulted in a small influx of French specialists to the island, who participated in a wool textile factory that he and his father started.