Army size, military recruitment and financing in Portugal during the period of the Peninsula War - 1808-1811

This article is intended to offer a preliminary approach to some questions that were of central importance in the period of the so-called Napoleonic invasions in Portugal: the size of the army that was effectively raised, the difficulties that were encountered in recruiting men to serve in the ranks...

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Main Author: Costa,Fernando Dores (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-64322008000200003
Country:Portugal
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