The Peninsular War, 1807-1814; a concise military history.
Glover, Michael, 1922-1990.
The Peninsular War, 1807-1814; a concise military history. - Newton Abbot [England] Hamden, Conn., David & Charles; Archon Books, 1974. - 431 pages illustrations 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-416).
Introduction (Napoleon's Europe, 1807 ; Arms and the men) -- The French initiative, October 1807-May 1809 (Napoleonic aggression ; British intervention ; Napoleon and Sir John Moore ; The second French invasion of Portugal) -- The war in the balance, June 1809-December 1811 (Talavera and Ocana ; Adalusia and the siege of Cadiz ; The third French invasion of Portugal ; The watershed) -- The British initiative, 1812 (The fortresses ; Salamanca ; Madrid and Burgos ; Retreat to Portugal) -- The liberation of Spain, January-September 1813 (Across the Ebro ; Vitoria ; San Sebastian and the Pyreness ; British operations on the east coast of Spain, 1812-1813) -- The invasion of France, October 1813-April 1814 (Across the Pyrenees ; Nive ; The occupation of Gascony ; Victory).
The Peninsular War is often eclipsed by the spectacular individual battles by sea and land of the Napoleonic Wars, but it was the decisive struggle in which the Emperor's troops faced defeat for the first time. Michael Glover seeks to give the basic skeleton of facts and to flesh it out with first-hand accounts of what it was like to march and fight, to eat and be wounded, to command and be commanded at the start of the 19th century. Stress is laid on the technological limitations of warfare during this period, when all the movement was limited to the pace of a heavily-laden infantryman moving across country.
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Peninsular War, 1807-1814.
France--History, Military--1789-1815.
Napoleonic Wars Peninsular campaign
Military history.
DC202.1 / .G51
The Peninsular War, 1807-1814; a concise military history. - Newton Abbot [England] Hamden, Conn., David & Charles; Archon Books, 1974. - 431 pages illustrations 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-416).
Introduction (Napoleon's Europe, 1807 ; Arms and the men) -- The French initiative, October 1807-May 1809 (Napoleonic aggression ; British intervention ; Napoleon and Sir John Moore ; The second French invasion of Portugal) -- The war in the balance, June 1809-December 1811 (Talavera and Ocana ; Adalusia and the siege of Cadiz ; The third French invasion of Portugal ; The watershed) -- The British initiative, 1812 (The fortresses ; Salamanca ; Madrid and Burgos ; Retreat to Portugal) -- The liberation of Spain, January-September 1813 (Across the Ebro ; Vitoria ; San Sebastian and the Pyreness ; British operations on the east coast of Spain, 1812-1813) -- The invasion of France, October 1813-April 1814 (Across the Pyrenees ; Nive ; The occupation of Gascony ; Victory).
The Peninsular War is often eclipsed by the spectacular individual battles by sea and land of the Napoleonic Wars, but it was the decisive struggle in which the Emperor's troops faced defeat for the first time. Michael Glover seeks to give the basic skeleton of facts and to flesh it out with first-hand accounts of what it was like to march and fight, to eat and be wounded, to command and be commanded at the start of the 19th century. Stress is laid on the technological limitations of warfare during this period, when all the movement was limited to the pace of a heavily-laden infantryman moving across country.
0208014268 9780208014269 0715363875 9780715363874 0715368375 9780715368374 0715368370
�6.75 ($16.00 U.S.)
74166379
GB7411962 bnb
001440876 Uk (AMICUS)000001248090 010326580 Uk
Peninsular War, 1807-1814.
France--History, Military--1789-1815.
Napoleonic Wars Peninsular campaign
Military history.
DC202.1 / .G51