InthebattleofVimeiroin1808,theBritishdefeatedtheFrench,andputanendtoNapoleon'sfirstinvasionofPortugal.ABritishriflemanrecountsanincidentconcerninghiscommandingofficer,MajorTravers.
"Hewasneveraverygoodlookingman,buthewasaregulargood-un.Themajorjustnowdisclosedwhatnoneofusknewbefore,namely,thathisheadwasbaldasacoot's,andthathehadcoveredthenakednessofhisnobuptothepresenttimebyaflowingwig,whichduringtheheatoftheactionhadbeendislodged.Hekeptcryingasherodehitherandthither,'Aguineatoanymanwhowillfindmywig!'Themen,notwithstandingthesightofthewoundedanddeadaroundthem,burstintoshoutsoflaughterathimashewent."
一八○八年維美洛之役，英軍擊敗法軍，遏止了拿破崙對葡萄牙的第一次進攻。英軍一名來福槍手記述其指揮官特拉弗斯少校的一件事。
「他絕對不是個俏郎君，但人很好，而他剛剛透露了我們向來都不知道的一件事，即他是個禿頭，頭禿如大鷭，一直戴個長長的假髮遮掩。今天激烈戰鬥之中，那假髮脫掉了。他騎着馬跑來跑去，不斷高喊：『找到我那個假髮的，獎畿尼金幣一個！』將士周圍雖然不少死者傷者，但見到少校走過，就都忍不住笑起來。」