Napoleon’s Spanish Ulcer: Spain 1809 – 1811 March 5, 2023 lalita Historiacal Stories, Historical, History, Napoleonic Wars Home » History » Napoleon’s Spanish Ulcer: Spain 1809 – 1811 </p> <h2>Napoleon fought the Austrians at Wagram</h2> <p> In 1809, as Napoleon fought the Austrians at Wagram, the war in Spain and Portugal continued to rage. The French had inflicted several heavy defeats on Spanish field armies, 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, as it became known, became Napoleon’s ‘bleeding ulcer’, or his Vietnam, costing his empire nearly quarter of a million soldiers, in a war that looked increasingly unwinnable.<br /> <br /> Credit to : Epic History TV</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors -
