Jean-Andoche Junot [SEP] conflict
Jean-Andoche Junot
Jean-Andoche Junot, 1st Duke of Abrantès (24 September 1771 – 29 July 1813) was a French general during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Biography.
Biography Early life.
Junot was born in Bussy-le-Grand, Côte-d'Or, son of Michel Junot, a farmer (1739–1814), son of François Junot (?–1759) and wife Edmée Laurain (1703–1784) and wife Marie Antoinette Bienaymé (1735–1806), daughter of Guy Bienaymé and wife Ursule Rigoley
Convention of Cintra
The Convention of Cintra was an agreement signed on 30 August 1808, during the Peninsular War. By the agreement, the defeated French were allowed to evacuate their troops from Portugal without further conflict. The Convention was signed at the Palace of Queluz, in Queluz, Cintra, Estremadura.
The French forces under Jean-Andoche Junot were defeated by the Anglo-Portuguese forces commanded by Sir Arthur Wellesley at Vimeiro on 21 August and found themselves almost cut off from retreat. However, at that moment,