Belgian Legion (Liberal Wars)
File:3 pounder light gun J1.jpg by Pierre-Joseph Lecharlier in 1835 in recognition of the city's contribution to the Legion]]
The Corps of Belgian Riflemen ({{langx|fr|Corps de Tirailleurs Belges}}, {{langx|pt|Corpo de atiradores belgas}}) or Corps of Portuguese Riflemen (Corps de Tirailleurs Portugaises, Corpo de atiradores portugueses) was a military unit of volunteers from newly independent Belgium raised to fight for the Portuguese Liberals in the Liberal Wars between 1832 and 1834.
The unit, often known as the Belgian Legion, was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Pierre-Joseph Lecharlier (1797-1847) and consisted of between 1,000 and 1,500 volunteers.{{sfn|Willequet|1950|p=100}} It notably fought in the Siege of Porto.
References
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=Citations=
- {{cite journal |last1=Willequet |first1=Jacques |title=Léopold I et le Portugal. Une mission de Van de Weyer en 1836 |journal=Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire |date=1950 |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=97–130 |doi=10.3406/rbph.1950.1860 |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/rbph_0035-0818_1950_num_28_1_1860}}
Further reading
- {{cite book |last1=Laethem |first1=Jean Alexandre van |title=Campagne de six mois dans le royaume des Algarves en Portugal |date=1834 |publisher=de Mat |location=Brussels |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WCJbAAAAQAAJ }}
- {{cite book |last1=Timmermans |first1=J. J. Th. |title=Les tirailleurs belges au service du Portugal en 1832 et 1834 |date=1900 |publisher=- |location=Ghent}}
- {{cite book |last1=Ferreira Lima |first1=Henrique de Campos |title=Corpo de atiradores portugueses ou corpo de atiradores belgas (1833-1834) |date=1935 |publisher=Boletim do Arquivo Histórico Militar |location=Lisbon}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Maziers |first1=Michel |title=De la Hulpe à Rhode-Saint-Genèse en passant par la France, l'Angleterre et le Portugal, ou l'Odyssée du General Lecharlier |journal=Le Folklore brabançon |date=June 1975 |issue=206 |pages=157–175 |url=https://www.echarp.be/fb/fb206.pdf}}
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