Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Battle of Rolica was fought on August 17 1808 near the village of Rolica in Portugal, between the British under the Duke of Wellington and the French under General Delaborde. It was the first battle of the Peninsula War. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.