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King's German Legion

  • Campaign in south-west France (1814)In July 1813 Marshal Soult began a counter-offensive that defeated the Allies at the Battle of Maya and the Battle of Roncesvalles.
  • Peninsular WarIn July 1807, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte issued orders to his Foreign Minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord demanding Portugal declare war on…
  • Battle of CorunnaIn early October 1808, Sir John Moore took command of a British force numbering 30,000 men in Portugal. The political landscape had shifted dramatically…