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Barthélemy-Louis-Joseph Schérer (1747-1804) The battles of the Fluvia made up the opening offensive in the 1795 French campaign in the eastern Pyrenees. They constituted the last major attempt by the French to invade Spain before peace was signed between the two countries during the summer. Following the battles of Figueras in November 1794, General Dominique-Catherine […]

The Spanish Army’s triumph at Bailén was the French Empire’s first defeat. Painting by José Casado del Alisal. The Spanish Division of the North sent to fight the British in Denmark pledging to turn against France and side with the British. A bloodbath that might have cost the lives of a million people, the Peninsular […]