CHAPTER XIII

THE PENINSULA WAR (1808-1814 A.D.) 336

War declared on France, 337. Joseph Bonaparte chosen king of Spain, 337. The English appear, 340. Moore’s famous retreat, 343. Napier’s story of Moore’s retreat, 345. A Spanish opinion of the retreat, 348. French successes, 348. Wellington resumes control, 350. The lines of Torres Vedras, 353. Failures in Spain, 357. Napier’s account of the assault on Badajoz, 359. British progress, 365. Napier’s account of the retreat, 367. Affairs of 1812-1813, 367. Return of the Bourbons, 370. England’s share in the war, 372. Napier’s estimate of Wellington, 373.

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