Fra napoleonskrigene 1804-1815, hvori Napoleon bla. forsøgte at standse handel med England fra Portugal, og hvori den franske hær og engelske hær bla. mødte
By 1810, Napoleon reigned supreme over most of continental Europe. But the Iberian Peninsula remained unsubdued, particularly Portugal, which continued to resis
Wellington's early Peninsular War victory recounted in detail In the autumn of 1810 Wellington, at the head of an army of 50,000 British, King's German Legion,