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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 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.
4.2 Peninsular War 1808–13. 4.3 Anglo-American War of 1812–15. 5 The North Sea. Toggle The North Sea subsection. 5.1 1807 destruction of the Danish navy. 5.2 1809.
Detail of the monument dedicated to the heroes of the Peninsular War, Lisbon Arthur Wellesley. Solano's Spanish column belatedly invaded Portugal on 2 December 1807 while Taranco occupied Porto on 13 December. The only resistance was offered by the governor of Valença, who refused to open his gates to the northern column. He only caved in when ...
Towards the end of this period the pro-independence forces made two important advances. In the Southern Cone, a veteran of the Spanish army with experience in the Peninsular War, José de San Martín, became the governor of the Province of Cuyo. He used this position to begin organizing an army as early as 1814 in preparation for an invasion of ...
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the Peninsular War (1809–1814). Please see the category guidelines for more information.
Following the rout of La Romana, Soult stayed at Monterrey for three days waiting for his rearguard and his convoy of sick to join the main body of his forces, [1] and then crossed the Portuguese frontier between Monterrey and Chaves on 9 March, [1] and headed towards Porto, laying siege to Chaves, capturing the place on 12 March 1809.
In the First Battle of Porto (29 March 1809) the French under Marshal Soult defeated the Portuguese, under General Parreiras, outside the city of Porto [a] during the Peninsular War. Soult followed up his success by storming the city, [3] in the course of which thousands of fleeing citizens drowned in the Porto Boat Bridge disaster.