The French Invasion of South America

The french advance in 18 o eight was halted and then reversed. The failure of the french to secure the rest of spain left the french army who were holding portugal cut off from any re supply or reinforcement. So by the fall of 18 o eight, the spanish resistance had a bit of breathing room to try to organize their government. And the various juntas agreed to try to form one executive junta representing all of them to try to coordinate national defense. On september 20, fifth, the first meeting of the so called central junta convened at aranjuez,. But though the central junta did successfully convene, that was kind of the only thing it