FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE

OCTOBER 1809 FRENCH TURN
Receiving reports of Austrian and Prussian rearmament and alarmed at the Russian foray into Silesia, Napoleon quits the peninsula and returns to France, taking Soult, Eugene and brother Jerome with him.

Davout arrives to take command of the dispersed Grande Armee strung out behind the Oder. Concentrating almost 200,000 men in three weeks time, he crushes Kutusov outside Brealau.

Lannes and La Romana seize Oproto, cutting Wellington off from his supplies.

Battles
Date	Name	Attacker	Defender	Description	Victor	Casualties
October 1809	Oporoto	Lannes 65,000	10,000	Lannes, left on his own to continue in Portugal, makes the most of his independent command. Sending word to La Romana's 25,000 Spaniards to meet him outside Oporoto, Lannes marches his army of 45,000 past Wellington and to Oporoto. The 10,00 man garrison comprises ot Half-trained Portuguese militia and Danish infantry, is no match for Lannes's army.	France	5,000 French 10,000 English

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OCTOBER 1809 ALLIED TURN
With the French and Spanish in Oporoto in considerable strength, Wellington elects to marches down the Portuguese coast and evict Pallafox from Lisbon.

The Russian field army under Kutusov withdraws to Warsaw.

A Russian expeditionary force under Barclay lands in Lubeck and captures Hamburg.

Battles
Date	Name	Attacker	Defender	Description	Victor	Casualties
October 1809	Hamburg (Second)	Barclay 25,000	10,000	After an agreeable stay in conquered Stockholm. Barclay lands in Lubeck. He marches as Russo-Swedish army of 25,000 to Hamburg, assaults the city and takes half the 10,000 man garrison prisoner.	Russia	5,000 French 10,000 French