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Far from the hustle of the trenches, there was a Portuguese hospital in the French southwest, in Hendaye, in the context of the First World War. Portuguese servicemen could convalesce in this structure before returning to combat. Through a qualitative and quantitative analysis of a set of archival sources, this article seeks to known more in detail the existence of this hospital, from its origins until its closure, including the personnel that worked there and the men that were admitted. It will be evaluated the impact of this hospital in the overall healthcare structures during the Great War. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After intense negotiation between Lisbon and London, 70 German and 2 Austrian ships were requisitioned in Portuguese ports in the name of British diplomacy and war effort, starting on February 23, 1916. This requisition legitimized, under the Anglo- Portuguese, the entrance of Portugal in the Great War. Exploring the semantics of the words "requisition" and "apprehending", we will explain the different perspectives on this historical process. Portugal, after this act of war, delivered a good part of these ships to its ally, but what is the currency of exchange? We will also make explicit, in the light of historical scholarship, how these ships were requisitioned and managed in the period of the world conflagration, and even soon after. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]