Portuguese Expeditionary Corps

In 1917 he was mobilized to join the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps.

From 1917, the First Army also included the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps.

For his wartime work with the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps, he was appointed a Commander of the Military Order of Avis.

During the Battle of the Lys, the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps was effectively wiped out, leaving a two-mile wide gap in the British lines.

The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps on the Western Front used British weapons and equipment for logistical reasons, and so did not use the Vergueiro.

Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (Corpo Expedicionário Português, or CEP)

Fernando Tamagnini de Abreu - Commander of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (CEP)

In the 20th century, the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps participated in World War I on the side of the Allies in the European western front and Africa.

He arrived in France in the same year, as a member of the Trás os Montes brigade from the 2nd Infantry Division of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps.

The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (CEP, Portuguese: Corpo Expedicionário Português) was the main military force from Portugal that participated in the First World War.

He commanded the 33rd at Arras in 1917, with mixed results, and through the Spring Offensive in 1918, where the division helped stabilise the defensive line after the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps was routed.

The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (Corpo Expedicionário Português, CEP) was formed at Tancos, made up of 30,000 soldiers, under the command of General Norton de Matos.

The main attack was made on the sector defended by the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps, which was tired after an entire year spent in the trenches, and just when they were scheduled to be replaced in the line by fresh British troops.

Uniquely amongst this leadership Pequito Rebelo enlisted in the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps during the First World War, whilst also writing extensively for the integralist journals, often on the theme of his hatred for urbanism.

In 1916 it was re-established only for military crimes in war time with a foreign country and only in the theater of war, with one execution of a soldier of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps accused of espionage taking place during the First World War in France.