Duke of Wellington
Warfare
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The Battle of a Porto - A Brief History
From 18 12, napoleons starting to take forces out of spain in order to rebuild the army that hes lost in his disastrous russia campaign. And having stablish that base in portugal, he launches this quite daring actually attack across the river duro at the battle of a porto. The french have to cut and run, abandon their guns and leg it through the mountains ir northern portugal, and narrowly manage to escape. So having secured portugal,. he then goes on the offensive in spain. Logical next choice, riht. All kinds of issues in terms of supply. Wellesley deliberately puts the british in the most vulnerable points in the line
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