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Invasion of Portugal
History of Great Britain
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| | 1807 | Dalrymple, Hew | |
| Aug Appointed Commander-in-Chief for the liberation of Portugal from France |
| 1807 | Moore, John | |
| 15th July Sent to Portugal with 10,000 men |
| 1807 | Spencer, Brent | |
| 14th June Appointed 2nd-in-Command to Wellington |
| 1807 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 14th June Appointed Commander of the expedition to Portugal |
| 12th July Cork Sets sail from Cork in Ireland for Portugal |
| 18th July Coruna Wellington reaches Coruna in Portugal |
| 1808 | Moore, John | |
| Dec Salamanca Concentrates his army of 28,000 at Salamanca |
| 10th Dec Corunna Moves his base to Corunna in preparation for invasion by Napoleon |
| 1808 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 1st Aug Mondego Bay Lands in Mondego Bay, Portugal |
| 1809 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 26th April Lisbon Lands at Lisbon with a new British army |
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