So Just and Glorious a Cause: Britain and the Liberation of Portugal - Roliça and Vimeiro, 1808

A detailed narrative of Wellington's first Peninsular campaign, using primary sources to cover battles, diplomacy, and the liberation of Portugal from French occupation.

So Just and Glorious a Cause is a highly detailed narrative of Wellington’s first campaign in the Peninsula. Using memoirs, letters, and previously unpublished primary sources, it covers events from Junot’s invasion in late 1807 to the Portuguese revolts in the summer of 1808, and then the sailing of the British expedition a...