It was prolonged by favorable conditions given to the losers of Vimeiro under the Convention of Sintra. The guerillas won a v
It was prolonged by favorable conditions given to the losers of Vimeiro under the Convention of Sintra. The guerillas won a victory over Dupont at Bailén, while their allies were able to gain time at Talavera and set up the Lines of Torres Vedras. Major fighting was concluded at Vitoria, where Jean- Baptiste Jourdan surrendered to Wellington and, two months later, Joseph Bonaparte fled to France and Ferdinand VII was restored. For ten points, name this phase of the Napoleonic wars in which British, Portuguese, and Spanish forces drove the French out of Iberia.
It was prolonged by favorable conditions given to the losers of Vimeiro under the Convention of Sintra.
{Peninsular} War (or {Guerra de la Independencia}; prompt on “War of Independence”)