French and Spanish forces invaded Portugal from 19–30 November 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars, sparking the Peninsular War. The Franco-Spanish invasion force was led by General Jean-Andoche Junot, wh
French troops entering Lisbon on 30 November 1807
Portrait illustration of French marshal Géraud Duroc.
Portrait of Jean-Andoche Junot as a young sergeant of grenadiers in 1792.
Portrait of François de Kellermann by an unknown artist.
The Battle of Redinha was a rearguard action which took place on March 12, 1811, during Masséna's retreat from Portugal as part of the Peninsular War, by a French division under Marshal Ney against a
Battle of Redinha, 12 March 1811, by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux.
Michel Ney, Marshal of France