Peninsular War
the war (1808–14) fought in the Iberian Peninsula by British, Portuguese, and Spanish forces against the French, resulting in the defeat of the French: part of the Napoleonic Wars
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How to use Peninsular War in a sentence
He distinguished himself in several campaigns, especially in the Peninsular War, and was raised to the rank of field marshal.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe price of salt at one period of the long Peninsular War rose to £30 per ton, being retailed in Birmingham at 4l.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellThe huts, literally baraques, assigned to us were old, dating from the Peninsular War.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander GordonThe whole Peninsular War forms a commentary on this text, with Waterloo for a crowning lesson.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) GeorgeRecords of the Peninsular War relate similar stories in reference thereto.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander Gordon
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