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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, stands among British soldiers as the French flag is lowered and the Union Jack is raised at Ciudad Rodrigo during the Peninsular War.
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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)
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Invalidated site: ODU Digital Commons - "The Most Glorious War Recorded in the British Annals”: Portugal in British Figurations of the Peninsular War (PDF). Sep 11, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 28, 2026
Add new Web site: ODU Digital Commons - "The Most Glorious War Recorded in the British Annals”: Portugal in British Figurations of the Peninsular War (PDF). Dec 13, 2025
Add new Web site: ODU Digital Commons - "The Most Glorious War Recorded in the British Annals”: Portugal in British Figurations of the Peninsular War (PDF). Dec 13, 2025
Add new Web site: ODU Digital Commons - "The Most Glorious War Recorded in the British Annals”: Portugal in British Figurations of the Peninsular Warin British Figurations of the Peninsular War (PDF). Aug 08, 2025
Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Peninsular War (1807-1814)�I. Nov 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Napoleon's Peninsular Campaigns. Jan 18, 2024
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Peninsular War. Aug 31, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Peninsula War. Feb 02, 2023
Add new Web site: National Army Museum - Peninsular War. Nov 23, 2022
Add new Web site: Academia - The Peninsular War: Napoleon�s Maritime War. Sep 07, 2022
Corrected display issue. Mar 19, 2020
Add new Web site: Heritage History - Peninsular Wars (part of the Napoleonic Wars). Mar 04, 2014
Added photograph. Dec 20, 2011
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Peninsular War. Oct 23, 2008
Added new Web site: Military History Encyclopedia on the Web - Peninsular War (1807-14). Apr 03, 2008
Added new Web site: Sispain - The Peninsular War and the Constitution of 1812. Apr 03, 2008
Added new Web site: Historyworld - History of The Peninsular War. Apr 03, 2008
Added new Web site: Napoleon guide - The Peninsular War. Apr 03, 2008
Added new Web site: Peninsularwar.org - The Peninsular War. Apr 03, 2008
Article revised. Jun 21, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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