Napoleon and Iberia: The Twin Sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Almeida, 1810 by Donald Horward
"This is a detailed look at the successful attempts by the French army to take Ciudad Rodrigo in Spain and Almeida in Portugal in 1810. Ironically, it was that success, which gave the Allied forces under Wellington, the time to complete the Lines of Torres Vedras near Lisbon. Marshal Massena, the French commander, encountered numerous difficulties in logistics, geography, and with a hostile population, which added to his troubles so that any advantage of the successful sieges was lost."
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