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Peninsula War

noun

  1. a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.


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After the Peninsula War, a step was made towards political journalism.

"We have heard of the opening events of this Peninsula War," he said.

He entered the Army young, and went through the Peninsula War.

The former was a captain at the end of the Peninsula War; Tom a colonel, the youngest in the army.

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