A HISTORY OF
THE PENINSULAR WAR |
| The fate of the Iberian Peninsula was very much in the
balance during the period January-September 1809, when it seemed all too possible that
Napoleon would achieve control over Spain and Portugal. This volume covers the continuing
Spanish resistance to French occupation, the renewed French invasion of Portugal, and the
return to the Peninsula and subsequent victories of Sir Arthur Wellesley, including his
outmanoeuvring of the French from Oporto and culminating in the hard-fought victory at
Talavera.
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