The Half Century History and Wars of Wellington
The narrative recounts the Peninsular War from 1810 to 1814 detailing Massena and Ney in the north, Cadiz and the Cortes, the siege lines before Lisbon, and Wellington’s defeats of Marmont and Soult at Salamanca and Vittoria. It notes Joseph and Jourdan fleeing, Soult’s Pyrenean stands, and the Bourbon restorations in France and Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mself
Josephine
Rome
Soult
Sierra Morena
Andalusia
Seville
Pyrenees
Cadiz
Cortes
Massena
Ney
Ciudad Rodrigo
Almeida
Wellington
Busaco
Torres Vedras
Lisbon
Tagus
Badajoz
Portugal
Barossa
Albuera
Syracuse
Jerusalem
Marmont
Napoleon Bi
Salamanca
Valladolid
Madrid
Joseph
Toledo
Burgos
Vittoria
Jourdan
England
Navarre
France
Pamplona
Sebastian
Garrigona
Bayonne
Bordeaux
Louis
Garonne
Toulouse
Ferdinand
Spain
Revolt of the Kings and Napoleonic Alliances in 1810
The chapter outlines Napoleon's 1810 alliances through marriage and diplomacy, noting Holland and Sweden's abdications, Bernadotte becoming Swedish ruler, and Russia's reaction to Britain and Baltic powers. It highlights the limits of kinship and state interests in shaping Europe’s political shifts.
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Moscow
Berlin
Dresden
Leipzig
Paris
Napoleon
Elba
France
Austria
Europe
Francis
Louis Bonaparte
Holland
Louis
Bohemia
Louis Napoleon
Bernadotte
Sweden
Gustavus
Charles the Thirteenth
Great Britain
Russia
Joseph Bonaparte
Frederick
Denmark
George the Third
Baltic