Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction: Napoleon's Europe, 1807; arms and the men. Part 2 The French initiative, October 1807 - May 1809: Napoleonic agression; British intervention; Napoleon and Sir John Moore; the second French invasion of Portugal. Part 3 The war in the balance, June 1809 - December 1811: Talavera and Ocana; Andalusia and the siege of Cadiz; the third French invasion of Portugal; the watershed. Part 4 The British initiative, 1812: the fortresses; Salamanca; Madrid and Burgos; retreat to Portugal. Part 5 The liberation of Spain, January - September 1813: across the Ebros; Vitoria; San Sebastian and the Pyrenees; British operations on the east coast of Spain, 1812-1813. Part 6 The invasion of France, October 1813 - April 1814: across the Pyrenees; Nive; the occupation of Gascomy; victory. Appendices: British regiments of cavalry and infantry which took part in the Peninsular War; staff of the British Army in the Peninsula, 1808-1814; commanders of the French Armies in Spain; orders of battle of the British Army at the principal battles; outlines of the organization of the French Army at various periods of the war.