The following list of Spanish general officers (Peninsular War) lists the
general
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s and other
general officers
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who served in the
Army of Spain during the
Peninsular War
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. In Spain ...
(1808–1814). The rank given refers to the ones held until the end of the war in 1814. The list includes foreign nationals who fought in Spanish military units.
Overview
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
had intended the campaign on the Peninsula to be a walkover, but what he would come to call the Spanish Ulcer,
[Hindley, Meredith (2010]
"The Spanish Ulcer: Napoleon, Britain, and the Siege of Cádiz" in ''Humanities'', January/February 2010, Volume 31, Number 1.
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. Retrieved 27 August 2013. ended up with him having to send in thirteen of his ''
maréchals'', and enter Madrid himself. Apart from the original 28,000 troops that had entered Spain under
Junot, heading for Portugal, he would have to send in a further two hundred and seventy thousand men — more than half of the empire’s total military strength.
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List
See also
*Chronology of events of the Peninsular War
The following table shows the sequence of events of the Peninsular War (1807–1814). It includes major battles, smaller actions, uprisings, sieges and other related events that took place during that period.
For ease of reference using modern ma ...
* List of French general officers (Peninsular War)
*List of Portuguese general officers (Peninsular War)
The following list of Portuguese general officers (Peninsular War) lists the generals who served in the Portuguese forces in Spain and Portugal during the Peninsular War (1808–1814). The rank given refers to the ones held until the end of the wa ...
References
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