EditorialExpulsion of the Moriscos from Spain by order of King Philip III in 1609 after debate in the Council of State. It was decided to expel the Moriscos on 9 April 1609, which the king approved. The expulsion began in the kingdom of Valencia. The Moriscos w...
EditorialFrancisco Javier Casta?os Aragorri (1758-1852). Spanish general and politician. He took part in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Peninsular War. Engraving by Cibera. Historia General de Espa?a by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1853.
EditorialPeninsular War. Battle of Somosierra (Spain). Polish troops fought in the Battle of Somosierra (November 30, 1808), during the Spanish War of Independence, with a heroic intervention carried out by the Polish cavalry under the command of Jan Kozietulsk...
EditorialPeninsular War (1808-1814). The French murder the Spaniards at the Prado, ca.1811. Engraving on paper. By Alejandro Blanco y Assensio. History Museum. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialPeninsular War (1808-1814). Charles IV abdicates in favour of his son Ferdinand (Aranjuez, March 19, 1808). Etching and engraving on paper, ca.1814. Engraved by Manuel Alegre (1768-1815) and drawing by Zacarias Gonzalez Velazquez (1763-1834). History M...
EditorialBattle of Salamanca, July 22, 1811. The Battle of Salamanca saw the Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellington defeat Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces among the hills around Arapiles, south of Salamanca, Spain on 22 July 1812 during the ...
EditorialSpain. Peninsular War. (1808-1814). Battle of the town of Valls. Combat between the French and Spanish, February 24, 1809. Lithograph Vidal and Serra. End of 19th century.
EditorialPeninsular War (1818-1814). Madrid, Second May Uprising, 1808 against French troops. Defence of the Montele?n Park. The artillery captains Luis Daoiz and Pedro Velarde took up arms against the French. Illustration based on the painting by Sorolla. "His...
EditorialSpain. Peninsular War (1807-1814). Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844), brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, king of Naples and Sicily (1806-1808) and later King of Spain as Jose I (1808-1813), escaping of Spain. Engraving.
EditorialExpulsion of the Moriscos from Spain by order of King Philip III in 1609 after debate in the Council of State. It was decided to expel the Moriscos on 9 April 1609, which the king approved. The expulsion began in the kingdom of Valencia. The Moriscos w...
EditorialFrancisco Javier Casta?os Aragorri (1758-1852). Spanish general and politician. He took part in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Peninsular War. Engraving by Cibera. Historia General de Espa?a by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1853.
EditorialPeninsular War (1808-1814). May 2, 1808, Madrid. The patriots fight against the French at the Puerta del Sol, ca.1813. Etching and engraving on paper. By Tomas Lopez Enguidanos (1775-1814). History Museum. Madrid. Spain.
Editorial'Johnny writes an account of the action to his mother, which afterwards appears in the Star.' A British officer writing a letter to his mother, during the Peninsular War. The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an account of his campaigns on th...
EditorialView of the batteries, trenches and fortifications built around the Bay of La Concha from the ruins of the Convent of St Bartholomew in St Sebastian at the time of the Peninsular War. Santa Clara Island on the left, Mount Urgull with town at its feet i...
EditorialBattle of Albuera. Historic, military, and naval anecdotes of ... par. London, 1819. The Buffs at the Battle of Albuera, during the Napoleonic (Peninsular) wars. The Buffs depicted in the picture had retaken their colours from Polish lancers. Image ta...
EditorialNapoleonic map. Siege of Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain). Tarragona was besieged from 5 May to 29 June 1811. Troops belonging to the French Army of Aragon, commanded by General Suchet, fought against a Spanish garrison led by Lieutenant General Juan Senen...
EditorialNapoleonic map. Battlefield of Talavera (Talavera de la Reina, province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain). The Peninsular War. The Battle of Talavera, 27th-28th July 1809. It tooks place outside the town between the French army against allied forces...
EditorialSpain. Peninsular War (1807-1814). Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844), brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, king of Naples and Sicily (1806-1808) and later King of Spain as Jose I (1808-1813), escaping of Spain. Engraving.
EditorialThe Peninsular War (1808-1814). Authorities of Barcelona refused to take the oath of allegiance to King Joseph Bonaparte, ordered by french General Duhesme. 9-04-1808. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Engraving. 1886.
EditorialNapoleonic Wars. Peninsular War (1807-1814). Monument to the Siege of Zaragoza. Built in1908 by the Spanish sculptor Agustin Querol (1860-1909). Sculpture depicting a group of women, led by the Countess of Burette, drag a cannon. Bronze. Zaragoza. Spain.
EditorialBattle of Toulouse. The Wars of Wellington, a narrative poem. ...With. London, 1819. The Battle of Toulouse, 10 April 1814. The last major battle of the Peninsular War, fought between the British and Spanish forces under the command of the Duke of Well...
EditorialBattle of Vittoria. The Wars of Wellington, a narrative poem. ...With. London, 1819. The Battle of Vittoria was fought on June 21, 1813 during the Peninsular War, between British, Portuguese and Spanish troops, under the command of the Marquis of Welli...
EditorialA View of Badajoz, from the North Bank of the Guadiana, by Capt. Elliot. View of Badajoz during the Peninsular War, with British troops marching towards their camp on the right bank of the Guadiana River in the foreground, and town seen beyond the Las ...
EditorialBattle of Vimeira. The Wars of Wellington, a narrative poem. ...With. London, 1819. The Battle of Vimeira, a battle of the Peninsular War, was fought on August 20, 1808 and resulted in the victory of the British under General Arthur Wellesley, against ...
EditorialPeninsular War (1808-1814). The French murder the Spaniards at the Prado, ca.1811. Engraving on paper. By Alejandro Blanco y Assensio. History Museum. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialPeninsular War (1808-1814). Charles IV abdicates in favour of his son Ferdinand (Aranjuez, March 19, 1808). Etching and engraving on paper, ca.1814. Engraved by Manuel Alegre (1768-1815) and drawing by Zacarias Gonzalez Velazquez (1763-1834). History M...
EditorialPeninsular War (1808-1814). Barcelona occupied by the French. Blocked by sea by the English Admiral Hollowell and by land by the Spanish and English allied armies, commanded by Generals Francisco de Copons and Lord Clinton. The city was besieged on Feb...
EditorialPeninsular War. Battle of Somosierra (Spain). Polish troops fought in the Battle of Somosierra (November 30, 1808), during the Spanish War of Independence, with a heroic intervention carried out by the Polish cavalry under the command of Jan Kozietulsk...