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Saturday, November 08, 2014

Memorial L.T. Colonel William Gardner Free, KH The Peninsular War 1808 to 1814

Memorial L.T. Colonel William Gardner Free, KH The Peninsular War 1808 to 1814



The road to war began in the autumn of 1807 when Napoleon moved French troops through Spain to invade Portugal.

The Peninsular War, 1808-1814, was A bloodbath that may have cost the lives of 500,000 people