Peninsula War

noun

1. a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.

Example Sentences

Western art’s most famous images of war describe the brutality of the fall of Troy or the Peninsula War or the devastation of World War I. But the most celebrated Japanese battle scene — and arguably the most famous work of Japanese art outside of Japan — is “Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace,” a scroll made by unknown artists in the third quarter of the 13th century.

From Washington Post

Wellington achieved handsome victories in what became known as the war of independence in Spain and the peninsula war in Britain.

From The Guardian

The Xinhua News Agency continued: “All parties including North Korea should recognize that tumult on the peninsula, war and instability in Northeast Asia will benefit nobody.”

From Time

Col Francis Brooke of the 4th Regiment fought in most of the Peninsula War, and was awarded the silver Waterloo medal as well as the Waterloo gold cross and Peninsula gold medal.

From BBC

Sir John Moore, buried at midnight during the Peninsula War, was our association with the town before going there, and for all we saw of it Sir John will remain the chief association of the future.

From Project Gutenberg