Peninsular War
May 2, 1808 – April 17, 1814
Result Coalition victory
War for the Iberian Peninsula after Napoleon put his brother Joseph on the Spanish throne. Spanish armies and guerrillas, with British and Portuguese forces under Wellington, drove the French out of Spain by 1814.
Battles and events 125
May 2, 1808
June 6–14, 1808
June 6, 1808
June 7, 1808
June 9–14, 1808
Capture of the Rosily Squadron
Spanish victory
Bay of Cádiz
Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito
June 12, 1808
June 15 – August 14, 1808
June 20–21, 1808
First Siege of Girona (Peninsular War)
Spanish victory
Girona
François Xavier de Schwarz, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
June 26–28, 1808
July 14, 1808
Battle of Medina de Rioseco
French victory
Medina de Rioseco
Gregorio García de la Cuesta, Joaquín Blake y Joyes, Jean-Baptiste Bessières
July 16–19, 1808
Battle of Bailén
Spanish victory
Battle of Bailén
Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Pierre Antoine Dupont
July 20 – August 16, 1808
Second Siege of Girona (Peninsular War)
Spanish victory
Girona
Count of Caldagues, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
July 29, 1808
August 17, 1808
August 21, 1808
Battle of Vimeiro
Anglo-Portuguese victory
Battle of Vimeiro
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Jean-Andoche Junot
August 30, 1808
Convention of Cintra
Palace of Queluz
September 2 – December 17, 1808
Blockade of Barcelona
Frenco-Italian victory
Barcelona
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
October 31, 1808
November 5, 1808
November 7 – December 5, 1808
November 10–11, 1808
Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros
French victory
Espinosa de los Monteros
Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Joaquín Blake y Joyes
November 10, 1808
November 23, 1808
Battle of Tudela
French victory
Tudela
Michel Ney, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Jean Lannes
November 30, 1808
December 16, 1808
December 20, 1808 – February 20, 1809
December 21, 1808
Battle of Molins de Rei
French-allied victory
Molins de Rei
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Count of Caldagues, Theodor von Reding
December 21, 1808
December 25, 1808 – January 2, 1809
December 29, 1808
Battle of Benavente
British victory
Benavente
Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
December 30, 1808
January 3, 1809
Battle of Cacabelos
Cacabelos
January 13, 1809
Battle of Uclés (1809)
French victory
Uclés
Francisco Javier Venegas, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno
January 16, 1809
Battle of Corunna
Battle of Corunna
Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Armand Lebrun de La Houssaye, Julien Augustin Joseph Mermet
February 25, 1809
March 6–7, 1809
March 10–12, 1809
March 17, 1809
March 20, 1809
Battle of Braga (1809)
French victory
Braga
Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Armand Lebrun de La Houssaye, Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge
March 21, 1809
March 24, 1809
March 27, 1809
Battle of Ciudad Real
Franco-Polish victory
Ciudad Real
Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta
March 28, 1809
Battle of Medellín
French victory
Medellín
Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Gregorio García de la Cuesta
March 28, 1809
April 18 – May 2, 1809
May 6 – December 11, 1809
Third siege of Girona (Peninsular War)
French victory
Girona
Pierre Augereau, Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Mariano Álvarez de Castro
May 10–11, 1809
Battle of Grijó
Anglo-Portuguese victory
Freguesia de Grijó
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Julien Augustin Joseph Mermet
May 12, 1809
Second Battle of Porto
Anglo-Portuguese victory
Porto
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Jean-de-Dieu Soult
May 14, 1809
May 23, 1809
June 7–9, 1809
July 27–28, 1809
Battle of Talavera
Battle of Talavera
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Joseph Bonaparte, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
August 8, 1809
Battle of Arzobispo
French victory
El Puente del Arzobispo
Jean-de-Dieu Soult, José María de la Cueva, 14th Duke of Albuquerque
August 11, 1809
Battle of Almonacid
French victory
Almonacid de Toledo
Francisco Javier Venegas, Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta
August 12, 1809
October 18, 1809
November 19, 1809
November 23, 1809
November 28, 1809
January 21, 1810
February 5, 1810 – August 24, 1812
Siege of Cádiz
Coalition victory
Cádiz
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Jean-de-Dieu Soult
February 20, 1810
March 21 – April 22, 1810
April 23 – May 14, 1810
April 26 – July 10, 1810
May 15 – June 8, 1810
July 24, 1810
July 25 – August 27, 1810
September 14, 1810
September 27, 1810
Battle of Bussaco
Anglo-Portuguese victory
Battle of Bussaco
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Michel Ney, André Masséna
October 15, 1810
December 16, 1810 – January 2, 1811
January 15, 1811
February 19, 1811
Battle of the Gebora
French victory
Gévora
Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, Gabriel de Mendizábal Iraeta
March 5, 1811
Battle of Barrosa
Allied victory
Loma del Puerco battlefield
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Manuel la Peña
March 11, 1811
Battle of Pombal
Inconclusive
Pombal
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Michel Ney, Luís do Rego Barreto
March 12, 1811
March 14, 1811
March 15, 1811
Battle of Foz de Arouce
Anglo-Portuguese victory
Freguesia de Foz de Arouce
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Michel Ney
March 25, 1811
April 3, 1811
Battle of Sabugal
Anglo-Portuguese victory
Sabugal
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, André Masséna, Jean Reynier
April 7 – May 10, 1811
April 10 – August 19, 1811
April 22 – June 10, 1811
Second siege of Badajoz (1811)
French victory
Badajoz
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Armand Philippon
May 3–5, 1811
Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
Anglo-Portuguese victory
Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, André Masséna
May 5 – June 29, 1811
May 16, 1811
Battle of Albuera
Inconclusive
La Albuera
Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Jean-Baptiste Girard, Joaquín Blake y Joyes
May 25, 1811
May 25, 1811
June 23, 1811
July 25, 1811
September 25, 1811
October 4–14, 1811
October 25, 1811
October 28, 1811
Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos
Coalition victory
Arroyomolinos
Jean-Baptiste Girard, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
November 5, 1811
December 26, 1811 – January 9, 1812
January 7–20, 1812
Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812)
Coalition victory
Ciudad Rodrigo
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Luís do Rego Barreto
January 24, 1812
March 16 – April 6, 1812
Siege of Badajoz (1812)
Coalition victory
Siege of Badajoz (1812)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Armand Philippon
April 9, 1812
May 18–19, 1812
May 31, 1812
June 29 – August 19, 1812
July 21, 1812
July 22, 1812
Battle of Salamanca
Coalition victory
Battle of Salamanca
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Auguste de Marmont, Jean Pierre François Bonet
July 23, 1812
Battle of García Hernández
Garcihernández
August 11, 1812
Battle of Majadahonda
Inconclusive
Majadahonda
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Joseph Bonaparte
September 19 – October 21, 1812
October 23, 1812
October 25–29, 1812
Battle of Tordesillas (1812)
French victory
Tordesillas
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Joseph Souham
April 13, 1813
June 3–11, 1813
June 21, 1813
Battle of Vitoria
Coalition victory
Battle of Vitoria
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Joseph Bonaparte, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
June 26 – October 31, 1813
Siege of Pamplona (1813)
Anglo-Spanish victory
Pamplona
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie
June 26, 1813
July 7 – September 8, 1813
Siege of San Sebastián
French victory (1st siege)
San Sebastián
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch
July 25 – August 2, 1813
Battle of the Pyrenees
Coalition victory
North Pyrenees, Spain
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Francisco de Longa
August 31, 1813
September 12–13, 1813
October 7, 1813 – April 18, 1814
Campaign in south-west France (1814)
Coalition victory
Southwestern France
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Louis-Gabriel Suchet
November 10, 1813
Battle of Nivelle
Coalition victory
Nivelle
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Jean-de-Dieu Soult
December 11, 1813
February 27, 1814
Battle of Orthez
Coalition victory
Battle of Orthez
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Jean-de-Dieu Soult
April 10, 1814
Battle of Toulouse (1814)
Battle of Toulouse (1814)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Key commanders
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Spencer Perceval
belligerent leader
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Commander of the Anglo-Portuguese army, Drove the French from Portugal and Spain
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
belligerent leader
José de San Martín
belligerent leader
Edward Pakenham
belligerent leader
Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén
military commander
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch
military commander
Gregorio García de la Cuesta
military commander
Joaquín Blake y Joyes
military commander
José Rebolledo de Palafox, 1st Duke of Saragossa
military commander
Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel
military commander
John Moore
military commander
Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet
military commander
John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun
military commander
Alexander Mackenzie Fraser
military commander
Luís do Rego Barreto
military commander
George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie
military commander
Pablo Morillo
military commander
Francisco de Longa
military commander
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
military commander
Francisco Javier Venegas
military commander
Juan O'Neylle
military commander
Juan Carlos de Aréizaga
military commander
Mariano Álvarez de Castro
military commander
Felipe Augusto de Saint-Marcq
military commander
Gabriel de Mendizábal Iraeta
military commander
Manuel Alberto Freire de Andrade y Armijo
military commander
Count of Caldagues
military commander
Theodor von Reding
military commander
Manuel la Peña
military commander
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
military commander
José Pascual de Zayas y Chacón
military commander
José María de la Cueva, 14th Duke of Albuquerque
military commander
Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito
military commander
Thomas Cochrane
military commander
Joseph Bonaparte
military commander
Lord William Bentinck
military commander
French Empire and allies 39
Napoleon
Emperor of the French, Invaded Spain and led the 1808 campaign in person
Joseph Bonaparte
King of Spain, Installed by his brother; driven out in 1813
Michel Ney
belligerent leader
Joachim Murat
belligerent leader
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
military commander
Jean Lannes
military commander
Pierre Augereau
military commander
Jean-Andoche Junot
military commander
Mariano Luis de Urquijo
military commander
Jean-Baptiste Bessières
military commander
Pierre Antoine Dupont
military commander
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
military commander
Armand Lebrun de La Houssaye
military commander
Julien Augustin Joseph Mermet
military commander
Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge
military commander
Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno
military commander
André Masséna
military commander
Jean Reynier
military commander
Armand Philippon
military commander
Auguste de Marmont
military commander
Jean Pierre François Bonet
military commander
Bertrand Clausel
military commander
Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière
military commander
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon
military commander
Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta
military commander
François Xavier de Schwarz
military commander
Joseph Chabran
military commander
Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes
military commander
Jan Kozietulski
military commander
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr
military commander
Jean-Antoine Verdier
military commander
Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier
military commander
Louis-Gabriel Suchet
military commander
Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
military commander
Joseph Souham
military commander
Alexandre-Antoine Hureau de Sénarmont
military commander
Jean-Baptiste Girard
military commander
François Joseph Lefebvre
military commander
Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald
military commander
