Two Dutch battalions were attacked and taken by the duke of Berwick at Sodreira Formosa.

Then he passed the Tagus, and joined prince Tserclas.

King Philip arriving in the army, invested Portalegre; and the garrison, including an English regiment of foot commanded by colonel Stanhope, were made prisoners of war.

The next place he besieged was Castel Davide, which met with the same fate.

On the other hand, the marquis Das Minas, in order to make a diversion, entered Spain with fifteen thousand men, took Feuenta Grimaldo in Castile, by assault, defeated a body of French and Spaniards commanded by Don Ronquillo, and made himself master of Manseinto.