Napoleon's rivalry with Britain led to an ill-fated intervention in Portugal and Spain, that sparked a nationalist revolt ...

Napoleonic Wars The Peninsular War 1809 - 11. ... but now they faced a popular insurgency as well as a well-trained Anglo-Portuguese army led by British general Lord Wellington. The Peninsular War ...

The British Army's size may cripple its ability to support NATO or fight a major war, some experts fear. It's the smallest it's been since the 1800s.

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's ... "These findings illustrate just how deeply brass bands are embedded in British history and ... a cavalry regiment ...

British Army set to shrink to smallest size since before Napoleonic wars. Defence secretary says army personnel will drop below 70,000 next year - lowest since 1793 ...

The British Pattern 1769 Short Land musket armed British infantrymen at the start of the war. Yet soon after the conflict began, the Americans seized large batches of the armaments, and the musket ...

The British View the War of 1812 Quite Differently Than Americans Do ... Roughly 20,000 on all sides died fighting the War of 1812 compared with over 3.5 million in the Napoleonic.

The British Army's size may cripple its ability to support NATO or fight a major war, some experts fear. It's the smallest it's been since the 1800s.

Defence secretary John Healey has shocked MPs after he admitted that the army is on course to fall to its lowest number of personnel for more than 230 years.. Answering questions from in parliament, ...