Mas, Miguel Ángel Martin Die spanischen Guerillas, 1808-1814

Napoleon's Iberian Nightmare. The guerrilla warfare waged by the Spanish against the French occupiers between 1808 and 1814, coupled with the actions of the Portuguese and British allies, contributed in no small part to the fall of Napoleon I. This booklet examines, among other things, the Spanish guerrilla warfare in the Iberian Peninsula. This booklet looks at the historical background to the bloody conflict, the guerrilla leaders and the regions they controlled, guerrilla tactics, their weapons, the French countermeasures and the importance of priests to the guerrilla movement in Spain.
The fact that the Spanish word "guerrilla" - small war - is used all over the world today is evidence of the lasting impression made by the resistance that the Spaniards put up to Napoleon's troops invading their country between 1808 and 1814. While it was not a purely small-scale war (the regular Spanish army never completely disbanded), in fact there has never been such a large number of guerrilla groups again in history. Many of them later, because of their efficiency, even joined forces with the regular armed forces.

Content:
Origins of the "Little War"
The Spanish War of Independence
The Beginning of the Spanish Guerrilla War
The Horrors of War
Statutes for the Guerrillas
The Regional-.Guerrillas and their Leaders
Tactics of the Guerrilla War
The Guerrillas and the Regular Spanish Army
The Guerrilla Priests
The War against the Guerrillas
The Guerrilla Fighter and his Region
Weapons of the Guerrillas; The GuerrillaCamp
The Guerrillas and the Military Intelligence of the British
Demystifying the Guerrillas
The Guerrillas in British and French Testimonies
The Role of the Guerrillas in the Liberation of the Peninsula
The Militarisation of the Guerrillas and the Fate of their Leaders

Miguel Ángel Martín Más
Born in Cartagena in 1971
Miguel Ángel Martín Mas holds a PhD in Philology from the University of Salamanca and works as a teacher and as a Russian and English interpreter. He belongs to the Spanish Napoleonic Society Board of Directors and is an expert on the various battlefields of the Spanish campaign, especially that of Salamanca.