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First published in Great Britain in 2007 by

Pen & Sword Military

An imprint of

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Copyright David Buttery, 2007

ISBN 1 84415 484 X
Digital Edition ISBN: 978 1 84468 361 1

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List of plates

(between pages 112 and 113)

1. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington.

2. Marshal Andr Massena.

3. The Convent at Mafra.

4. A typical view of the border region.

5. The western side of Ciudad Rodrigo.

6. Ciudad Rodrigos impressive defences.

7. A French storming party ascends the breach at Ciudad Rodrigo.

8. The gorge of the River Ca.

9. The bridge over the River Ca.

10. The devastation of the land by the Allies.

11,12 & 14. Resistance in Iberia led to a cycle of atrocity and reprisal during French occupation.

13. The French encounter difficulties maintaining lines of communication.

15. The gateway of So Francisco.

16. Marshal Michel Ney.

17. Craufurds Rock above Sula village.

18. Portugals monument to the slain at Busao.

19. Massenas narrow escape at the Lines of Torres Vedras.

20. A typical redoubt in the Lines of Torres Vedras.

21. Fort St. Julien.

22. The house where Wellington maintained his headquarters to monitor the Lines of Torres Vedras.

23. The Portuguese Hercules monument commemorating the lines that saved Lisbon.

24. Napoleon hears of Massenas difficulties from General Foy.

25. A footbridge over the Dos Casas at Fuentes de Ooro.

26. The old village of Fuentes de Ooro.

27. The church of Fuentes de Ooro.

28. Massenas withdrawal from Portugal.

29. Craufurd and Houston conducted a masterful retreat across the plain.

List of maps

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INFANTRY

British

French

Portuguese

CAVALRY

British

French

Portuguese

ARTILLERY

Chronology

1758	6 May	Birth of Andrea Massena
1769	1 May	Birth of Arthur Wesley
15 August	Birth of Napoleon Buonaparte
1774	10 May	Death of Louis XV. Accession of Louis XVI
1775	18 August	Massena enlists in Rgiment Royal-Italien
1777	18 April	Massena is promoted to sergeant
1781	Death of Lord Mornington. Wesley enters Eton
1784	4 September	Massena is promoted to Warrant Officer (Adjutant)
1787	7 March	Wesley enters the army as an Ensign
25 December	Wesley promoted Lieutenant
1789	17 June	National Assembly assumes governmental powers
14 July	The storming of the Bastille
3 August	Massena discharged from Royal Army
10 August	Massena marries Rosalie Lamarre
1790	30 June	Wesley becomes MP for County Trim, Ireland
1791	20 June	Flight of Louis XVI to Varennes
30 June	Wesley promoted Captain
17 September	Massena enlists in Volontaires du Var, 2nd Battalion
1792	1 February	Massena is elected to command his battalion
20 April	France declares war on Austria and Sardinia
19 August	Prussia invades France
21 September	Establishment of the National Convention
22 September	French monarchy abolished
1793	21 January	Louis XVI is executed
The Committee of Public Safety is established
31 May	The Reign of Terror begins
25 June	Birth of Prosper Massena
22 August	Massena is promoted to Brigadier-General
27 August	Royalists in Toulon side with the British
30 September	Wesley promoted Lieutenant-Colonel (Goes to command brigade in Flanders 17941795)
1516 October	Jourdan and Carnot defeat the Allies at Wattignies
16 October	The execution of Marie-Antoinette
18 December	Toulon falls to the French
20 December	Massena is promoted to Divisional General
1794	15 January	Massena commands the right wing of the Army of Italy
4 March	Buonaparte assumes command of the artillery in the Army of Italy
25 June	Jourdan defeats the Austrians at Fleurus
27 July	Coup dtat of 9 Thermidor sees the fall of Robespierre and the end of the Terror
1795	5 April	Peace of Ble between France and Prussia
4 October	Coup dtat of 13 Vendmaire
Buonaparte commands the army of the Interior
1 November	The Directory replaces the Convention government
1796	2 March	Bonaparte (formerly Buonaparte) appointed commander of the Army of Italy
9 March	Bonaparte marries Josephine Beauharnais
1221 April	Battles of Montenotte, Millsimo, Dego and Mondovi between Sardinia and France
3 May	Wesley made full Colonel in the army

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