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    Moore, did not surpass 30,000 in number. Napoleon ordered Jean-de-Dieu Soult to pursue the British in Galicia. Moore's army was defeated and hounded...
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  • the evacuation of the French army from Portugal. In March 1809, Marshal Soult led a new French expedition that advanced south to the city of Porto before...
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    desaparecem, restando apenas a circunstância de continuar à frente de um governo estranho. São abolidas, uma atrás da outra, as velhas engrenagens da administração...
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    was the scene of the Battle of Braga, when French troops under Marshal Soult took the town from its Portuguese garrison. With the invasion of French...
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  • Napoleon left things in the Iberian Peninsula in the hands of Marshal Soult. Soult proceeded to invade Portugal in the north. However, the Portuguese held...
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