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Peninsular War | Historyworld
HISTORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR

including headings Vimeiro to Corunna, Wellington in the ascendant, ...

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The Peninsular War of 1808-14 looms | HISTORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR
Vimeiro to Corunna

The Peninsular War of 1808-14 looms large in British history for two reasons: it is the only significant involvement of British troops on land in the Napoleonic wars until the final campaign of 1815; and it is the stage...

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The Peninsular War of 1808-14 looms | HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN (from 1707)
Vimeiro to Corunna

The Peninsular War of 1808-14 looms large in British history for two reasons: it is the only significant involvement of British troops on land in the Napoleonic wars until the final campaign of 1815; and it is the stage...

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With the end of the Peninsular | HISTORY OF PORTUGAL
Liberals and absolutists

With the end of the Peninsular War, and the defeat of Napoleon in 1814, Portugal enters a brief period of political hiatus. The royal family is in exile in Brazil. As a result of the six years of war, British officers ar...

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During the last two months of | HISTORY OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
Austria's expensive adventure

During the last two months of 1808 Napoleon takes personal charge of the campaign in the Peninsular War. His absence in Spain, with large numbers of French troops, prompts the Austrians to re-assert themselves. As many a...

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During the last two months of | HISTORY OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Austria's expensive adventure

During the last two months of 1808 Napoleon takes personal charge of the campaign in the Peninsular War. His absence in Spain, with large numbers of French troops, prompts the Austrians to re-assert themselves. As many a...

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During the last two months of | HISTORY OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
Austria's expensive adventure

During the last two months of 1808 Napoleon takes personal charge of the campaign in the Peninsular War. His absence in Spain, with large numbers of French troops, prompts the Austrians to re-assert themselves. As many a...

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Wellington's army is the first to | HISTORY OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
The noose tightens

Wellington's army is the first to cross the border into France. Pushing north in the final campaign of the Peninsular War, he is on French territory in October 1813.

In January 1814 allied armies, under the comma...

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Wellington's army is the first to | HISTORY OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
The noose tightens

Wellington's army is the first to cross the border into France. Pushing north in the final campaign of the Peninsular War, he is on French territory in October 1813.

In January 1814 allied armies, under the comma...

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Wellington's army is the first to | HISTORY OF FRANCE
The noose tightens

Wellington's army is the first to cross the border into France. Pushing north in the final campaign of the Peninsular War, he is on French territory in October 1813.

In January 1814 allied armies, under the comma...

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It is clear that the British | HISTORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR
Wellington in the ascendant

It is clear that the British position in the peninsula is tenuous. Wellington's response to this fact is the most imaginative strategic move of the Peninsular War. He turns the region north of Lisbon into a gigantic fort...

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It is clear that the British | HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN (from 1707)
Wellington in the ascendant

It is clear that the British position in the peninsula is tenuous. Wellington's response to this fact is the most imaginative strategic move of the Peninsular War. He turns the region north of Lisbon into a gigantic fort...

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It is clear that the British | HISTORY OF PORTUGAL
Wellington in the ascendant

It is clear that the British position in the peninsula is tenuous. Wellington's response to this fact is the most imaginative strategic move of the Peninsular War. He turns the region north of Lisbon into a gigantic fort...

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Further successful operations in northern Spain | HISTORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR
Wellington in the ascendant

Further successful operations in northern Spain allow Wellington to cross the border into France in October - the first enemy army on French soil since the campaign of 1792-3.

Wellington's succession of titles, ac...

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Further successful operations in northern Spain | HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN (from 1707)
Wellington in the ascendant

Further successful operations in northern Spain allow Wellington to cross the border into France in October - the first enemy army on French soil since the campaign of 1792-3.

Wellington's succession of titles, ac...

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Further successful operations in northern Spain | HISTORY OF PORTUGAL
Wellington in the ascendant

Further successful operations in northern Spain allow Wellington to cross the border into France in October - the first enemy army on French soil since the campaign of 1792-3.

Wellington's succession of titles, ac...

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes; | TESTING GROUP
Testing Section

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was Spanish romantic painter[1] and printmakerregarded regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Goya was court painter...

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The Rothschild family gambles heavily on | HISTORY OF JUDAISM
The Rothschild dynasty

The Rothschild family gambles heavily on the eventual defeat of Napoleon. Their loans are all to his enemies (surprisingly Napoleon allows Jacob, operating from Paris, to raise money for the exiled Bourbons). Their netwo...

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The Rothschild family gambles heavily on | HISTORY OF BANKING
The Rothschild dynasty

The Rothschild family gambles heavily on the eventual defeat of Napoleon. Their loans are all to his enemies (surprisingly Napoleon allows Jacob, operating from Paris, to raise money for the exiled Bourbons). Their netwo...

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Instead of the docile monarchy of | HISTORY OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
Spain and Portugal

Instead of the docile monarchy of recent years, Napoleon is now confronted on his southern border by a popular uprising. His brother Joseph arrives in Madrid on July 20 to enjoy his new dignity. Two days later a French a...

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Instead of the docile monarchy of | HISTORY OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Spain and Portugal

Instead of the docile monarchy of recent years, Napoleon is now confronted on his southern border by a popular uprising. His brother Joseph arrives in Madrid on July 20 to enjoy his new dignity. Two days later a French a...

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Instead of the docile monarchy of | HISTORY OF PORTUGAL
Spain and Portugal

Instead of the docile monarchy of recent years, Napoleon is now confronted on his southern border by a popular uprising. His brother Joseph arrives in Madrid on July 20 to enjoy his new dignity. Two days later a French a...

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Instead of the docile monarchy of | HISTORY OF SPAIN
Spain and Portugal

Instead of the docile monarchy of recent years, Napoleon is now confronted on his southern border by a popular uprising. His brother Joseph arrives in Madrid on July 20 to enjoy his new dignity. Two days later a French a...

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Even before the treaty is signed | HISTORY OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
Spain and Portugal

Even before the treaty is signed a French army has entered Spain on its way to Portugal - where its imminent arrival near Lisbon causes panic. The royal family and court decide to flee for safety to Brazil, taking with...

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Even before the treaty is signed | HISTORY OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Spain and Portugal

Even before the treaty is signed a French army has entered Spain on its way to Portugal - where its imminent arrival near Lisbon causes panic. The royal family and court decide to flee for safety to Brazil, taking with...

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Even before the treaty is signed | HISTORY OF PORTUGAL
Spain and Portugal

Even before the treaty is signed a French army has entered Spain on its way to Portugal - where its imminent arrival near Lisbon causes panic. The royal family and court decide to flee for safety to Brazil, taking with...

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Even before the treaty is signed | HISTORY OF SPAIN
Spain and Portugal

Even before the treaty is signed a French army has entered Spain on its way to Portugal - where its imminent arrival near Lisbon causes panic. The royal family and court decide to flee for safety to Brazil, taking with...

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In the first two decades of | HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Second-generation Romanticism

In the first two decades of the nineteenth century, a second generation of Romantic writers emerges, led by Byron, Keats, and Percy Shelley, all of whom were at school when Wordsworth and Coleridge published Lyrical B...

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Spain is a rich prize for | HISTORY OF SPAIN
Spain and the Roman empire

Spain is a rich prize for any empire-builder. It has mines of gold, silver and copper, and a plentiful supply of Celts, tough warriors and useful recruits for an army. The Iberian peninsula is therefore hotly contested,...

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The Union strategy against Richmond in | HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Campaigns of 1862 in the east

The Union strategy against Richmond in this second year of the war is to approach the Confederate capital from the sea. A large army, under the command of George B. McLellan, is to be shipped through Chesapeake Bay and i...

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The peace holds surprisingly well, given | HISTORY OF ITALY
The peace of Lodi

The peace holds surprisingly well, given Italy's past record of permanent warfare. There are a few notable transgressions, such as pope Sixtus IV's acquiescence in the assassination attempt on Lorenzo de' Medici and the...

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