Person military officer
Schwalback
military officer
Lieutenant-colonel who commanded the constitutionalist defences against the Miguelist occupation of Madeira in 1828. At Porto Novo his soldiers refused to fight, and he was badly wounded by an explosion at the fort there.
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- Camacha (parish) — Lieutenant-colonel whose soldiers refused to fight at Porto Novo in 1828.
- Occupation of Madeira by the Miguelite troops — Lieutenant-colonel commanding constitutionalist defences, badly wounded by an explosion at Porto Novo fort.
