Peninsular War

British  

noun

1. 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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Peninsular War

“Those three years in the Peninsular War were a coming of age for William Miller,” Mr. Hemming writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

What was the result of the political distance between the Spanish American colonies and their home country during the Peninsular War?

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

He charted the horrors of the Peninsular War that followed Napoleon’s invasion of Spain, in graphic detail.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2020

Squire died of fever in 1812, soon after the third and successful British siege of Badajoz, which comprised part of the Peninsular War during the Napoleonic era.

From BBC ● May 9, 2016

At the end of the Peninsular War he wrote to the Government of that day, informing them "the bankers of Paris were furnishing large sums to Revolutionists in England."

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake