Fuentes de Oñoro
By October "Masséna’s" army was at Lines of Torres Vedras which proved to be the obstacle that stopped the French from taking Lisbon. Day by Day the Allied Army of "Wellington" grew stronger with reinforcements of troops, supplies and equipment from Britain arriving daily. The Portuguese army was now well trained and its numbers had increased. Napoleon, despite requests from Masséna, had only sent a further 7,000 troops to reinforce the Army of Portugal but the biggest obstacle to "Masséna" was the lack of supplies. By March 1811 his army was starving and its munitions and powder where almost depleted. On the 5 March 1811 "Masséna" ordered the retreat from Portugal. Just south of "Concepcion" is the Border village of Fuentes de Oñoro. The defeat of "Masséna’s" forces at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro between the 3 and 4 May 1811 was the final action that saw the French pushed out of Portugal. Before the battle, Wellington's Allied army had taken up positions along the line of low hills which ran from the Fort of Concepcion towards Fuentes de Oñoro. Seeing this build up and with no orders to hold out, the small Garrisons left at the Fortress of the Concepcion quickly withdrew leaving without further damage being inflicted on the Fortress