Part of the Peninsular Wars which were part of the Napoleonic Wars. The French besieged Cadiz, where the Spanish government was based, and the Portuguese and British assisted the Spanish. On 22 July 22 1812 Wellesley beat the French at Salamanca which caused them to withdraw and so the Cadiz siege was over.
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siege of Cadiz
On their withdrawal the French deliberately destroyed their cannons. The Spa...
Admiral and hydrographer (map making for sailors). Developed the Beaufort Sc...
Army officer, anthropologist and archaeologist. Born as Augustus Henry Lane F...
Born in Essex House. He was the son of Queen Elizabeth's Essex, and the last...
Born in Bedford. Died aged 31 years, killed by the IRA Regent's Park bomb.
