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.

[2] Marshal André Masséna's army had captured Coimbra and established a base there.

About 3,500 sick and wounded, plus several hundred medical and service personnel also surrendered.

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