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   14 hours ago · The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

   • Date: 2 May 1808 (sometimes 27 October 1807) – 17 April 1814, (5 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)

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   What happened in the summer of 1813?

   • The summer of 1813 in the Basque provinces and Navarre was a wet one, with the army drenched by incessant rain, and the decision to strip the men of their greatcoats was looking unwise. Sickness was widespread—at one point a third of Wellington's British troops were hors de combat —and fears about the army's discipline and general reliability grew.

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   What happened in the Battle of Dénia in 1812?

   • The Spanish defenders capitulated on 25 October. Suchet trapped Blake's entire army of 28,044 men in the city of Valencia on 26 December and forced it to surrender on 9 January 1812 after a brief siege. Blake lost 20,281 men dead or captured. Suchet advanced south, capturing the port town of Dénia.

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   What happened on 13 April 1814?

   • On 13 April 1814 officers arrived with the announcement to both armies of the capture of Paris, the abdication of Napoleon, and the practical conclusion of peace; and on 18 April a convention, which included Suchet's force, was entered into between Wellington and Soult.

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   How many soldiers did Wellington enlist in 1813?

   • In 1813, Wellington marched 121,000 troops (53,749 British, 39,608 Spanish, and 27,569 Portuguese) from northern Portugal across the mountains of northern Spain and the Esla River, skirting Jourdan's army of 68,000 strung out between the Douro and the Tagus.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_wars_involving_theList of wars involving the Kingdom of France - Wikipedia

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   14 hours ago · For pre-987 battles involving the preceding Franks and Francia, see List of battles involving the Franks and Francia. For post-1792 wars, see List of wars involving France. For specific post-1792 battles, see List of battles involving France in modern history. French victory - 59 French defeat - 28 Another result * - 15

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Royal_NavyRoyal Navy - Wikipedia

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   14 hours ago · Between 1815 and 1914, the Royal Navy saw little serious action, owing to the absence of any opponent strong enough to challenge its dominance, though it did not suffer the drastic cutbacks the various military forces underwent in the period of economic austerity that followed the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the American War of 1812 (when ...

   • Founded: 1546; 477 years ago
   • Part of: His Majesty's Naval Service

   • Commander-in-Chief: King Charles III
   • Role: Naval warfare

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › BaltimoreBaltimore - Wikipedia

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   14 hours ago · The Battle of Baltimore was a pivotal engagement during the War of 1812, culminating in the failed British bombardment of Fort McHenry, during which Francis Scott Key wrote a poem that would become "The Star-Spangled Banner", which was eventually designated as the American national anthem in 1931.

   • Elevation: 0–480 ft (0–150 m)
   • Named for: Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

   • County: None (Independent city)
   • State: Maryland

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