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Military history of Galicia (Spain)

  • Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805)The fragile Peace of Amiens collapsed in 1802 when Napoleon formally annexed the Italian state of Piedmont. Britain declared war on France once again on the…
  • 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…