"Favorite Battle From the Peninsula?" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	25 Apr 2018 6:57 p.m. PST
Our readers recently voted the Peninsula their favorite Napoleonic subgenre. Which battle from this theater is your favorite?
mikec260	25 Apr 2018 7:09 p.m. PST
Corunna
Bandolier	25 Apr 2018 7:30 p.m. PST
Talavera A big, bloody battle with mistakes from both sides. Lots of 'what if' opportunities for wargames.
21eRegt	25 Apr 2018 8:25 p.m. PST
Albuera.
Mick the Metalsmith	25 Apr 2018 8:34 p.m. PST
Albuera then Salamanca
TMPWargamerabbit	25 Apr 2018 9:48 p.m. PST
Talavera then Albuera. Salamanca a distant third. Thats for the major battles…. there are many smaller actions for a quick afternoon of gaming.
evilgong	25 Apr 2018 9:54 p.m. PST
The insular peninsular? Battle of Brookvale YouTube link (obscure Australian rugby league reference) David F Brown
Glengarry5	25 Apr 2018 10:08 p.m. PST
Salamanca
von Winterfeldt	25 Apr 2018 10:39 p.m. PST
Bsilen
advocate	25 Apr 2018 10:53 p.m. PST
Salamanca.
4th Cuirassier	26 Apr 2018 1:14 a.m. PST
Busaco.
langobard	26 Apr 2018 1:16 a.m. PST
Albuera closely followed by Salamanca.
Artilleryman	26 Apr 2018 1:16 a.m. PST
Salamanca. Wellington at his best with a good use of cavalry for once and a courageous response by the French generals after Marmont is rendered hors de combat.
377CSG	26 Apr 2018 1:23 a.m. PST
Salamanca
Supercilius Maximus	26 Apr 2018 1:55 a.m. PST
Corunna (I was born on the 150th anniversary), then probably Albuhera. Both show the British Army at its best, in its tactical position of first choice – the last ditch.
John Baxter	26 Apr 2018 2:22 a.m. PST
Fuentes
Brechtel198	26 Apr 2018 2:58 a.m. PST
Somosierra. The charge by the single squadron of the Polish Light Horse is epic.
Stosstruppen	26 Apr 2018 3:16 a.m. PST
Albuera then Talavera
Florida Tory	26 Apr 2018 4:28 a.m. PST
Vitoria Talavera Albuera
ubercommando	26 Apr 2018 4:53 a.m. PST
Salamanca followed by Fuentes D'Onoro. Infantry moving diagonally in square, classic.
Mike the Analyst	26 Apr 2018 5:09 a.m. PST
Benavente and the defeat of the Chasseurs a Cheval of the guard.
Timmo uk	26 Apr 2018 5:14 a.m. PST
Fuentes.
Fatuus Natural	26 Apr 2018 5:29 a.m. PST
Barrosa, because it is the inverse of most of the other battles – the British, without the duke, attacked uphill and defeated a larger French force defending a ridge line.
Le Breton	26 Apr 2018 8:01 a.m. PST
Salamanca – but "Fatuus" has a really good point about Barrosa.
Shagnasty	26 Apr 2018 8:02 a.m. PST
Salamanca because both sides were maneuvering.
Supercilius Maximus	26 Apr 2018 8:56 a.m. PST
Salamanca followed by Fuentes D'Onoro. Infantry moving diagonally in square, classic. If you want a really good "infantry outwitting cavalry whilst in square" action, how about El Bodon?
Lambert	26 Apr 2018 10:31 a.m. PST
Salamanca, unless sieges count
Three Armies	26 Apr 2018 10:42 a.m. PST
Bailén
Royal Marine	26 Apr 2018 10:57 a.m. PST
Anything with Sharpe and his Chosen men
deadhead	26 Apr 2018 11:22 a.m. PST
Yes, the one that involved Liz Hurley getting her kit off on TV……"My compliments , mam"….and they also paid Sean Bean for his acting part in it. Some people have all the luck
Marcel1809	26 Apr 2018 12:12 p.m. PST
Ocana, French victory against the Spanish!
Prince of Essling	26 Apr 2018 2:15 p.m. PST
Saguntum
wrgmr1	26 Apr 2018 2:38 p.m. PST
Salamanca
huevans011	26 Apr 2018 2:39 p.m. PST
Salamanca. The masterpiece.
pbishop12	26 Apr 2018 2:41 p.m. PST
Talavea
Brechtel198	26 Apr 2018 3:28 p.m. PST
Second Ocana-Senarmont used his artillery in an economy of force mission against the Spanish left flank while the battle was being won elsewhere.
ToysnSoldiers	27 Apr 2018 11:13 a.m. PST
Vitoria.
El Lobo	27 Apr 2018 11:41 a.m. PST
Albuera.For the Spanish a victory,British maintaining their reputation as a brave and great fighting force,the Portuguese a taste of the warfare to come and lancers tussling with a Marshall and his staff, what more could you want?
Fat Wally	29 Apr 2018 2:14 p.m. PST
Fuentes
seneffe	30 Apr 2018 2:00 p.m. PST
First Busaco- one of the truly significant battles of the Napoleonic wars- Portuguese proving they could defeat good French troops in open combat and thus giving the allies a reliable force large enough to take the strategic offensive with confidence. Second Salamanca- what a scrap! Two good armies with two good commanders, but still ending with one army getting royally hammered by the other.
Bagration1812	01 May 2018 2:21 p.m. PST
+1 Fuentes
jammy four	02 May 2018 3:19 p.m. PST
Vimerio
Kevin in Albuquerque	03 May 2018 7:50 p.m. PST
Albuera, Talavera and Somosierra.