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In 1808 Napoleon placed his brother Joseph on the Spanish throne. This sparked a popular uprising. The French army faced regular troops, British and Portuguese allies and a stubborn guerrilla. It left the country in 1814 and Ferdinand VII regained his crown.
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1811
On 16 May 1811, during the Peninsular War, Marshal Soult marched to relieve Badajoz, besieged by the British. At Albuera, Beresford's Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army blocked his way.
Photo: Thomas Sutherland y William Heath. (Public domain)
1808
On 10 and 11 November 1808, in the mountains of Cantabria, Marshal Victor faces Blake's Spanish Army of Galicia. He wants an easy victory to wipe out the humiliation of Balmaseda.
Photo: Anonyme, graveur (CC0)
1808
Maneta, "the One-Armed": that was General Loison's nickname in Portugal. On 29 July 1808 his division marched on Évora and found a very small Spanish-Portuguese army there.
Photo: Manuel F. V. G. Mourão (Public domain)
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