Life of Napoleon (Episode 27) - The Battles of Vimiero & Roliça, & the Congress of Erfurt

The British are coming... This episode covers events from December 1807 to July 1808 Patreon link -   / historicallyadequate   Spotify link - https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZUdt7P... 0:00. Introduction 2:06. Occupation of Portugal 9:27. Portuguese Uprising 17:05. British Expeditionary Force 20:43. British Landings 25:44. Portuguese Campaign: Battle of Roliça 32:54. Portuguese Campaign: Battle of Vimiero 45:25. Convention of Cintra 55:43. Joseph in Madrid 1:01:33. Franco-Russian Relations 1:05:16. Franco-Russian Relations: The Baltic 1:12:24. Franco-Russian Relations: Eastern Europe 1:18:22. Franco-Russian Relations: The Balkans 1:33:46. Journey to Erfurt 1:36:55. The Congress of Erfurt 1:54:06. Conclusion Music: Le Chant du Départ, Hymne de Guerre de 1793 Composer: Etienne-Nicolas Méhul Conductor: Roger Boutry Instrumentation: Garde Républicaine Vocals: Choeur de l'Armée Française Sources/References: A History of the Peninsula War (Vol. 1 - 6) (1922) - Charles Oman A Social History of France (2004) - Peter McPhee Histoire de la Guerre Péninsule sous Napoléon (Vol 1 - 3) (1827) -Maximilien Sébastien Foy Mémoires sur la Guerre des Français en Espagne (1814) - Jean Baptiste Rocca Memoirs of the Duke of Rovigo (1828) - Anne-Marie Savary Memoirs of the Prince de Talleyrand (Vol. 1) (1891) - C.M. Talleyrand (Translation to English by Raphael L. Beaufort) Mémoires du Maréchal de Grouchy par Le Marquis de Grouchy (1873) - Émmanuel Grouchy & Alphonse Grouchy The Memoirs of the Baron de Marbot (1903) - Marcelin Marbot (Translation to English by Arthur John Butler) The Campaigns of Napoleon (1966) - David Chandler In the Words of Napoleon (2002) - Philip Haythornwaithe & R.M. Johnston Napoleon and his Times (1838) (Vol. 1 - 2) - A.A. Caulaincourt Napoleon (2015) - Andrew Roberts Napoleon's Wars (2006) - Charles Esdaile Regimental Lists and Orders of Battle sourced from the Nafziger Collection hosted on the Napoleon Collection: https://www.napoleon-series.org/ All letters, namely from Napoleon, sourced from https://www.napoleonica.org/fr/ Translations are my own except for those taken from Haythornwaithe & Johnstone. I use Google Translate when I don't understand a word or phrase. Most images from Wikimedia Creative Commons & Gallica. Zero use of AI for images or writing. Maps of Europe referenced from superb maps by Cyowari - https://www.deviantart.com/cyowari/ga...