Photo K (above) - Slightly farther from the site of the previous photo, closer to the progression o

Photo I1 (above) - Detail of uneven ground in front of the first row of the Portuguese infantry. Fitted with auxiliary talarem ju obstacles like this, obstructing the field of vision and arm, a task that took the lives of many.
I2 photo (above) - the same spot, but looking ju to the right of the Portuguese device (left Spanish). It is known the gentle slope of the land, sinking ju towards where the cavalry hit the two armies and also part of the Portuguese infantry.
Photo J (above) - the terrain in front of the first row of the device Portuguese Zone, looking in the direction of the same, substantially the hinge zone between the last thirds of the first line and the first Portuguese battalions of cavalry (there were still two-thirds more the left side of the photo, interpolated between the battalions of horses). This will have been the perspective that had Vanguard ju Knights Army Caracena when the English cavalry charged and also the thirds of Tristan da Cunha and Francisco da Silva de Moura. Where the fate of the battle was undecided after the cavalry of the Spanish army had broken the first lines of Portuguese counterpart momentarily isolated and the aforesaid thirds.
According to Relacion Verdadera at the beginning of the melee field master Francisco de Moura da Silva stepped forward with his third, apparently wanting to demonstrate their value, especially if the initial device line (these attitudes, in which the impetuosity a commander put in check the consistency of the overall forces, occurred with some frequency at the time). And why were severed his musketeers, yet in awe of all retired twice from the fury of the conflict, and the firmness of cocks [ie pikes] none of which came to let out. (Translated from the original Spanish, pgs. 28-29)
Photo K (above) - Slightly farther from the site of the previous photo, closer to the progression of the Spanish cavalry and infantry zone, looking to the left side of the same army. Small stone walls as you see in the image are referred ju to in the narratives of the battle.
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