Following a series of unsuccessful French offensives into Portugal, the balance of troops in the Peninsular is beginning to even, with thousands of French troops being withdrawn for Bonaparte's imminent invasion of Russia. Campaigning in the the new year has kicked off immediately, with both Valencia in the east and Cuidad Rodrigo to the west falling, to the French and British respectively. Now both sides look to go on the offensive and claim victory in this now prolonged war, which has already ravaged the Spanish and Portuguese landscape for the past four years.
The Allies will be the first to open the campaign, attacking...