but now they faced a popular insurgency as well as a well-trained Anglo-Portuguese army led by British general Lord Wellington. The Peninsular War, as it became known, became Napoleon's 'bleeding ...

With the might of Napoleon's army at its throat, Sweden was forced to declare war on Britain and fired on British ships. Saumarez worked with the Swedish forces to perpetuate the appearance that ...

Britain's credibility as a debtor was fundamental to its ability to finance the fight against Revolutionary, and later Napoleonic ... British Army remained small throughout the war, the Royal ...