Between May and November three major Franco-Spanish invasions Attack of Portugal were defeated Conquering and they were forced Motion to withdraw with heavy losses inflicted Bodily_harm by the Portuguese with British assistance .

The force that captured Conquering Almeida was part of a major Franco-Spanish offensive to overrun Portugal .

On 28 August 1796 this combined Franco-Spanish squadron of 20 vessels , carrying 1,500 regular troops , appeared Presence off the coast of Newfoundland .

The Royal Navy , however , secured mastery of the seas and decisively destroyed Destroying a Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805 .

The Fronde ( ) was a series of civil wars Hostile_encounter in France between 1648 and 1653 , occurring Coming_to_be in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War , which had begun Process_start in 1635 .