Peninsular War

Peninsular War
Part of the Napoleonic Wars
Carga de los mamelucos restaurado.jpg
The Second of May, 1808: The Charge of the Mamelukes, by Francisco Goya (1814)
Date May 2, 1808 (sometimes October 27, 1807[1]) – April 17, 1814[2]
Location Iberian Peninsula, southern France
Result Treaty of Valençay: restoration of Ferdinand VII;
Peace of Fontainebleau: abdication of Napoleon and dissolution of the French Empire
Belligerents
Spain Spain
Flag Portugal (1707).svg Portugal
United Kingdom United Kingdom		 France French Empire
Commanders
United Kingdom Arthur Wellesley
Spain Joaquín Blake y Joyes
Spain Francisco Castaños
Spain Juan Martín Díez
Spain José Palafox
Spain Gregorio de la Cuesta
United KingdomFlag Portugal (1707).svg William Beresford
United Kingdom John Moore   †
Flag Portugal (1707).svg Bernardino Freire   †		 France Napoleon I
France Joseph Bonaparte
France Joachim Murat
France Jean-Andoche Junot
France Jean de Dieu Soult
France André Masséna
France Louis Gabriel Suchet
France Joseph Mortier

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