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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Example Sentences

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

Gavin Daly, an expert in the Peninsular War at the University of Tasmania, said he believed the journal was a genuine "treasure".

From BBC • May 9, 2016

The painting had been looted from Spain during the Peninsular War, and Morritt paid £500 for it in around 1808.

From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2013

The essential elements of fieldworks up to the time of the Peninsular War were command and obstacle; now they are protection and concealment.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various