The French cavalry fell back, after suffering heavily.

Their infantry advanced gallantly and, after a fierce fight, drove the Portuguese from their wall and up the hillside.

Here they maintained a heavy fire, until the column opened out and the French artillery came to the front; when Terence at once ordered the men to scatter, and climb the hill at full speed.
Without attempting to repair the broken bridges, the French infantry crossed the stream breast high, and the cavalry and artillery followed; and Terence, seeing that their retreat could not be seriously molested, and that if he attempted to do so, he should suffer very heavily from their artillery, sounded a halt; and the French continued their retreat to Valladolid, leaving behind them all their baggage, which they had been unable to get across the stream.
Terence's force came down from the hills and assembled in the valley.

Congratulations were exchanged on the success that had attended their efforts.

Then the roll was at once called, and it was found that a hundred and three men of the Minho regiment were missing.