“It defies comprehension how the Portuguese endured. Outstanding organization & exemplary cooperation was one factor without which the defense would not have been successful. Equally important was the opinion of invincibility which the Portuguese derived from their continued good fortune. Long-time military drill & training as professional soldiers had instilled in them iron discipline, endurance, & self-control essential in facing forces one hundred times their number. Confident of their superior weapons & bonded together by the belief in a truer God, they fought their Holy War in a esprit de corps & comradeship”
— R.O.W. Goertz.

“One must be aware that the Portuguese knew they were always outnumbered, a certainty that led them to employ all their courage & determination in the fights & battles they engaged. In many cases, just mentioning the Portuguese would distress an entire army or fleet, knowing the fierceness & bravery of the Portuguese warriors”
— Rainer Daehnhardt.

“In these years, when a Portuguese soldier disembarked from one of his nation’s ships to take up duty within a fort at Moçambique or at Malacca, on the straits near Java, he could expect during his tour of duty 3 sieges in which he would eat grass & drink urine. Some of the most courageous resistances in world history were contributed by these Portuguese defenders”
— James A. Michener.


See Also

𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 | 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞
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𝐑𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐥 (𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧)
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𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 (𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧)
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𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐥
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