Peninsular War

The Peninsular War (1808–1814) (known as War of Independence in Spain and as French Invasions in Portugal) was a major conflict during the Napoleonic Wars, fought in the Iberian Peninsula with Spanish, Portuguese, and the British forces fighting against Napoleonic French.

Further reading

• Wellington's dispatches from the Peninsular War and Waterloo: 1808 - 1815 These British Army dispatches give a fascinating insight into the nature of operations in the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns during the Napoleonic Wars.
• ISBN 0-571-20513-5, The Man who Broke Napoleon's Codes: Mark Urban, Faber and Faber Ltd, London 2001.
• The History of the Peninsular War (5 vols), Charles Oman, London and Mechanicsburg 1995
• ISBN 972-8563-80-9, "Salamanca", Mendo Henriques, Lisbon, 2002
• ISBN 0952293072, The Fatal Hill: The Allied Campaign under Beresford in Southern Spain in 1811, Mark Sunderland, Thompson Publishing, London 2002, Long Review
• ISBN 0-571-21681-1 Rifles: Six years with Wellington's legendary sharpshooters by Mark Urban, Pub Faber & Faber, 2003