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| combatant2 = | commander1 = | commander2 = | strength1 = 7-8,000 Portuguese〔"The army was in no better shape. Only 8,000 effective'' () ''soldiers stood in the face of the coming Spanish onslaught. They wore 'rags and patches' and begged in the streets, as they received little or no pay from the central government." In Speelman, Patrick and Danley, Mark – ( ''The Seven Year’s War: Global Views'' ), 2012, ( p. 436 ).〕 7,104 British〔"The British troops which embarked for Lisbon under their veteran commander consisted of 7, 104 officers and men of al arms (figures when boarding in Britain ). This force had been dispatched In consequence of the threatening attitude of France and Spain towards Portugal, whose monarch had declined to enter into an alliance with the above two powers in order to 'curb the pride of the British nation which aspired to become despotic over the sea'." In Dalton, Charles- ( ''George The First's Army'', 1714–1727 ), Vol. II, 1912, (p. 31 )〕〔"All told the British forces in Portugal numbered roughly 7,000 men." In Speelman, Patrick and Danley, Mark – ( ''The Seven Year’s War: Global Views'' ), 2012, ( p. 440 ).〕 | strength2 = 45,000 Spanish 12,000 French | casualties1 = very low:〔"A Campaign won without the major casualties of battle or incurring many losses other than those of sickness." In ( ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'' ), vol. 59, London, 1981, (p. 25 )〕 (14 British soldiers killed in combat and 804 by disease or accidents;〔"British casualties were light overall – there were fourteen combat deaths compared to 804 from other means..." In Speelman, Patrick and Danley, Mark – ( ''The Seven Year’s War: Global Views'' ), 2012, (p. 448 )〕 Portuguese losses low.) | casualties2 = 25,000 men (killed by hunger, combat or disease; desertion and prisoners)〔"Disappointed, facing incredible resistance and losing everything in the field, the Spaniards abandoned the fight and left behind twenty-five thousand men ..." In Henry, Isabelle – ( ''Dumouriez: Général de la Révolution (1739–1823)'' ), L'Harmattan, Paris, 2002, (p. 87 ).〕〔Eduard Hay, British ambassador in Portugal (letter to the 2nd Earl of Egremont, 8 November 1762) reported a total of 30,000 Franco-Spanish casualties during the first two invasions of Portugal (half of them deserters, many of whom became prisoners), representing almost three quarters of the initial invading army. See British Scholar C. R. Boxer in ( ''Descriptive List of the State Papers Portugal, 1661–1780, in the Public Record Office, London: 1724-1765'' ), Vol II, Lisbon, Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, with the collaboration of the British Academy and the P.R.O., 1979, p. 415. See also COSTA, Fernando Dores- ( ''Nova História Militar de Portugal'' ) , Círculo de Leitores, Vol. II, Coordinator: António Hespanha, 2004, p. 358, footnote 280.〕 | campaignbox = }} The Spanish–Portuguese War between 1762 and 1763 was fought as part of the Seven Years' War. Because no major battles were fought, even though there were numerous movements of troops and huge losses among the invaders—utterly defeated in the end—the war is known in the Portuguese historiography as the Fantastic War (Portuguese and Spanish: ''Guerra Fantástica''). ==Background== When the Seven Years' War between France and Great Britain started in 1756, Spain and Portugal remained neutral. Their differences in South America had been settled by the Treaty of Madrid (1750). King Ferdinand VI of Spain's prime minister Ricardo Wall opposed the French party who wanted to enter the war on the side of France. Everything changed when Ferdinand VI died in 1759 and was succeeded by his younger brother Charles III of Spain. Charles was more ambitious than his melancholic brother. One of the main objects of Charles's policy was the survival of Spain as a colonial power and, therefore, as a power to be reckoned with in Europe. By 1761 France looked like losing the war against Great Britain. Furthermore, Spain suffered from attacks by English privateers in Spanish waters, and claimed compensation. Fearing that a British victory over France in the Seven Years' War would upset the balance of colonial power, he signed the Family Compact with France (both countries were ruled by branches of the Bourbon family) in August 1761. This brought war with Great Britain in January 1762. Portugal had been struck by the disastrous 1755 Lisbon earthquake. The Prime Minister Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal directed all efforts towards the reconstruction of the country, and neglected the armed forces, for which he had little interest anyhow. By the Treaty of El Pardo (1761) between Spain and Portugal all aspects of the Treaty of Madrid were null and void. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fantastic War」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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