Plaque honoring Augusto César Ribeiro de Carvalho that reads:
"Nesta casa, sua propriedade, residiu durante cerca de 50 anos e faleceu em 26 de julho de 1940 o general Augusto César Ribeiro de Carvalho, valoroso chefe militar, liberal indefectível, distinto homem de letras, autor da história da Chaves antiga, e devotadíssimo flaviense, que por seus feitos e obras, deixou o seu nome prestigioso indissoluvelmente vinculado á historia da chaves moderna.
Homenagem dos seus admiradores em 1 de junho de 11957.
Data do 1º centenário do seu nascimento.
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In this house, his property, he lived for about 50 years and died on July 26, 1940, General Augusto César Ribeiro de Carvalho, valiant military chief, unfailing liberal, distinguished man of letters, author of the history of ancient Chaves, and a very devoted Flaviense, which, through its deeds and works, left its prestigious name inextricably linked to the history of modern keys.
Tribute from his admirers on June 1, 11957.
In the date of the 1st centenary of his birth."Augusto César Ribeiro de Carvalho."A descendant of an illustrious military family, he began a remarkable career as a volunteer with the 13th Infantry Regiment on 29-09-1876, at the time stationed in Chaves. He was promoted to Ensign on 1/9/1884, to captain on 11/19/1897, to major on 5/19/1909,.
He was one of the military soldiers in the July 8, 1912 combat against the Paiva Couceiro incursions that surprised a then Vila de Chaves, because as republican troops from Chaves, successions were wrongly wrong that the itinerary of the monarchists coming from Montalegre, by de Sapiãos and there they moved. Meanwhile, Paiva Couceiro entered without resistance and even with an affectionate reception from the population, through Soutelinho da Raia and Vila Verde da Raia, with artillery, machine guns and about 500 men. At 8:00 am on July 8, 1912, Paiva Couceiro was at the gates of Vila de Chaves, having taken over the firing range. With the bulk of the republican troops in Sapião, Ribeiro de Carvalho would have more organized at the time 2000000 men distributed by the 6th Cavalry and Fiscal Guard and by the 19th Infantry and Fiscal Guard and it would be with them and with the civilian support, Dr. António Granjo, deputy from Vila de Chaves, who will hold out until Vila Chaves is taken. The various existing ones say that the improvised “small army army” of the local defenders of the then Vila de Chaves, fought with courage and heroism. These were the events that dictate our July 8th municipal holiday today. Carlos Malheiro Dias said, in the writings of «O Estado Actual da Causa Monarchica» P.33, that Paiva Couceiro recognized the defeat saying “we were the Lilliput army in the palm of the republican Gulliver's hand.
Later, in 1918 and 1919, as Colonel and commander of the 6th Army Division, he also intervened again against the monarchic revolt that became known as the Traulitânia do Norte, with fights in Chaves and Vila Real, in which Ribeiro de Carvalho always kept away. from the village the monarchists of Traulitania. Fights that were fought until February 13, 1919, when the republicans and their forces officially put an end to the monarchic revolt of Northern Traulitania.
Augusto César Ribeiro de Carvalho was promoted to General in January 1920 and all the writings that refer to them say that he was always distinguished by his courage and courage.
He was awarded the Commendation of the Order of the Tower and Sword and distinguished with other national and foreign honors and decorations.
But this illustrious flaviense would not come to stand out only as a military man. In fact, his promotion to General already took place, when Ribeiro de Carvalho was in reserve as a colonel and holds the position of President of the Executive Committee of the Municipality of Chaves, for which he had been appointed by the Civil Governor of Vila Real on 2 July. 1919, a position he held until December 27, 1922.”
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