Peninsula Collection (page 33)

Battle of Busaco
At BUSACO, Wellington with 25000 men resists successive attacks by the French under Massena with 65000 - a crucial victory

Vittoria Prisoners
BATTLE OF VITORIA (VITTORIA) Wellingtons men rout Jourdain s, with heavy losses - here, some of the 2000 captured Frenchmen are brought in

Sir John Hope / Cardon
SIR JOHN HOPE 4TH EARL OF HOPETOUN British commander in the Peninsula War, the Walcheren Expedition and in France

Cadets at Camp in Wales
St. Johns Ambulance Cadets performing various duties at camp on the Gower Peninsula, Glamorgan, Wales

Napoleon in Madrid
Napoleon is Welcomed into Madrid

Battle of Busaco 1810
At the battle of BUSACO Wellingtons men defeat a French army more than twice as large, securing a safe retreat to Torres Vedras : Portugal is now almost free from French

Torres Vedras 1810
Wellington takes up a strong position at TORRES VEDRAS, Portugal

Battle of Salamanca 1812
At SALAMANCA Wellington scores a great victory, destroying a third of the French army in 45 minutes : British losses were only one-third of the French

Rowland Hill Congratula
Rowland, first viscount HILL military commander, congratulated by the duke of Wellington after one of the many brilliant battles he fought in the Peninsula war

William Fawcett Steamer
The first steamship of the Peninsula Steam Navigation Company, later the Peninsula and Oriental (P&O) line

FUENTES D ONORO 1811
Battle of Fuentes d Onoro : Wellington manages to defeat Massena but comments If Boney had been there we would have been damnably licked

Wellington Praised
The duke of Wellington stands at the bar of the House of Commons to receive the congratulations of the Speaker on his victory at Vimiero, Peninsula campaign

Wellington & Pyrenees
Wellington crosses the Pyrenees from Spain into France : in his camp at night

Wellington Enters Madrid
The Duke of Wellington enters Madrid at the head of the British army having driven the French out, and is welcomed by the Spanish citizens

French Bombard Madrid
The French bombard Madrid, which they will subsequently enter - the first stage in the ill-fated campaign

Factory at Surat
The English factory at Surat is the first European trading post in India, and marks the first fateful step towards the British domination of the peninsula

Battle of Fuentes Donoro
PENINSULA CAMPAIGN Battle of FUENTES DE ONORO Wellington defeats Massena, admitting If Boney had been there we would have been damnably licked !

Passage of Sierra-Morena
PENINSULA CAMPAIGN Passage of the SIERRA MORENA Joseph Bonaparte invades Andalucia, forcing a passage through the mountains against fierce resistance

Battle of Ocana
PENINSULA CAMPAIGN Battle of OCANA Joseph Bonaparte defeats a Spanish army Date: 18 November 1809

Siege of Zaragoza
PENINSULA CAMPAIGN Siege of ZARAGUZA (Saragossa) Despite heroic resistance, the Spanish eventually have to yield the town to the French on 21 February 1809

Battle of Somo-Sierra
PENINSULA CAMPAIGN Battle of SOMO-SIERRA Napoleon directs a cavalry charge against a Spanish battery protecting the road to Madrid

War / Napoleonic / Talavera
PENINSULA WAR The battle of Talavera, 70 miles south-west of Madrid. Date: 28th July 1809

Mammoths Found Frozen
Two mammoths are found frozen in the Jamalm Peninsula, 2400 kilometres north of Saint Petersburg

Storming of Badajoz
The storming of Badajoz

Moore at Corunna
Sir John Moore retreats to Corunna

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