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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 January 2025. 1807–1814 war against Napoleon in Iberia Not to be confused with the French invasion of Spain in 1823. Peninsular War Part of the Napoleonic Wars Peninsular war Clockwise from top left: The Third of May 1808 Battle of Somosierra Battle of Bayonne Disasters of War prints by Goya Date 2 ...
The Peninsular War was a military conflict for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars, waged between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal. It started when French and Spanish armies, then allied, occupied Portugal in 1807, and escalated in 1808 when France turned on Spain, its former ally.
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the Peninsular War (1809–1814). Please see the category guidelines for more information.
Pages in category "British Army personnel of the Peninsular War" The following 165 pages are in this category, out of 165 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore KB (13 November 1761 – 16 January 1809), also known as Moore of Corunna, was a senior British Army officer. He is best known for his military training reforms and for his death at the Battle of Corunna, in which he repulsed [1] a French army under Marshal Soult during the Peninsular War.
Portrait of Sir John Moore by Thomas Lawrence.Moore commanded the British forces at Corunna. In early October 1808, following the scandal in Britain over the Convention of Sintra and the recall of the generals Dalrymple, Burrard and Wellesley, Sir John Moore took command of the 30,000-man British force in Portugal. [14]
British infantry attempt to scale the walls of Badajoz, the site of one of several bloody sieges conducted during the Peninsular War. Siege of Badajoz. After the capture of the city, British troops became drunk on stocks of captured alcohol and began rampaging through the city.
Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, GCB, KSI (20 October 1792 – 14 August 1863), was a British Army officer. After serving in the Peninsular War and the War of 1812, he commanded the 98th Regiment of Foot during the First Opium War and then commanded a brigade during the Second Anglo-Sikh War.