The Battle of Évora saw an Imperial French division under Louis Henri Loison attack a combined Portuguese-Spanish force led by Francisco de Paula Leite de Sousa. Encountering Leite's smaller body of soldiers outside Évora, the French easily brushed them aside and went on to storm the city, which was held by poorly armed townsmen and militia. The French butchered the Portuguese defenders and brutally sacked the town.
The hated Loison was known among the Portuguese as the Maneta , because of his amputated arm. From savage acts such as those committed at Évora, the saying ir para o Maneta appeared.
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Évora, Portugal
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