Marshal Louis-Gabriel Suchet, the most successful of Napoleon’s lieutenants in the Peninsula and the commander of the French Army of Aragón.

General Pierre-Joseph Habert (left) and General Jean-Isidore Harispe (right), two outstanding French divisional commanders who were pivotal to Suchet’s plans and his success from 1809-1814.

General Sylvain-Charles Valée, Suchet’s artillery commander; his siege record was unrivalled in the War.

Marshal Etienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duke of Taranto, Commander of the French Army of Catalonia 1810-1812.

General-Charles-Mathieu-Isidore Decaen, Commander of the French Army of Catalonia 1812-1813.

(Polish) Baron Józef Grzegorz Chłopicki, one of Suchet’s cavalry commanders. He was withdrawn in 1812 for the Russian campaign.

Rear Admiral Benjamin Hallowell RN, the naval commander of the fleet supporting the Anglo-Sicilian force, and one of Nelson’s ‘Band of Brothers’.

Lieutenant-General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck; his appointment in Sicily in 1811 had an unavoidable connection with the east coast of Spain.

Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, was Commander Mediterranean Fleet from 1811-1814.

Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Maitland commanded the Anglo-Sicilian force on their arrival in eastern Spain in August1812.

Major General Samuel Ford (Samford) Whittingham, commanded the Majorca Division.

Admiral Sir Edward Codrington R N commanded a squadron off the Spanish east coast for most of the War and had an excellent rapport with the Spanish.

General Joaquín Blake y Joyes, quite a capable Spanish commander but undoubtedly very unlucky.

General Francisco de Paula María Baso Copons y Navia, commanded the Spanish 1st Army.

General Diego de Cañas y Portocarrero, Duke del Parque, commanded the Spanish 3rd Army.

General Joseph (José) O’Donnell, one of three brothers, he commanded the combined Spanish 2nd and 3rd armies – until relieved of command.

Barcelona Bay, Fort Montjuïc on the high ground to the left. This print gives a good feel for the type of coastline than runs the length of the east coast from Rosas to Alicante.

The Combat at Castalla, 21 July 1812. General Baron Jacques-Antoine-Adrien Delort executes his charge on the Spanish lines; the French force humiliated the Spaniards under the command of General José O’Donnell.

A photograph of the battlefield at Sagunto. The El Hostelet feature was the focus of the initial fighting and the defile of Sancti-Espiritu from where Generals Robert and Chlopicki emerged is to the left.

A photograph of the pass at Biar (the castle and town of Biar in the distance). This is the position held by Colonel Frederick Adam as he fought a delaying action against Suchet’s forces on 12 April 1813.

A photograph of the scene visible to Suchet’s forces as they exited the defile from Biar; the castle of Castalla on the left and the line of hills to the south-west on which Murray’s forces were deployed.

Fort Trinity overlooking the Bay at Rosas, which the audacious Captain Cochrane RN tuned into a ‘vast mantrap’.

General Sir John Murray playing chess with Ellen Adderley (his god-daughter). Painted c.1820.

Suchet’s forces in front of the castle at Biar on 12 April 1813. Colonel Adam’s forces can be seen covering the pass through the valley to the right of the image.

General Habert’s infantry attack the British troops under General Mackenzie at the battle of Castalla, 13 April 1813. This gives a good feel for the steepness of the terrain.

The French siege of Tortosa, 16 December 1810 – 2 January 1811.

The French siege of Tarragona, 4 May – 30 June 1811.

The French siege of Sagunto, 23 September – 26 October 1811.

The battle of Sagunto, 25 October 1811.

The battle of Castalla, 13 April 1813.

The Allied siege of Tarragona, 3–12 June 1813.