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Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A History of the Campaigns of the British Forces in Spain and Portugal written by and published by . This book was released on 1812 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 526 pages
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Download or read book A History of the Campaigns of the British Forces in Spain and Portugal, Undertaken to Relieve Those Countries from the French Usurpation; Comprehending Memoirs of the Operations of this Interesting War, Characteristic Reports of the Spanish and Portuguese Troops, and Illustrative Anecdotes of Distinguished Military Conduct in Individuals, Whatever Their Rank in the Army written by and published by . This book was released on 1812 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)
Download or read book A History of the Campaigns of the British forces in Spain and Portugal, undertaken to relieve those countries from the French usurpation, etc written by and published by . This book was released on 1812 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicholas Dorrell
Publisher : Century of the Soldier
ISBN 13 : 9781911628408
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (284 download)
Download or read book Marlborough's Other Army written by Nicholas Dorrell and published by Century of the Soldier. This book was released on 2019-06-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An often neglected aspect of Marlborough's war is its crucial campaign in Spain and Portugal, also known as the First Peninsula War of 1702-1712. Whilst this campaign was critical to the outcome of the war, relatively little information is available about it or the army that fought it. This work not only provides a detailed look at the army that fought the Spanish and Portuguese campaigns of Marlborough's war, but it also offers an insight into the course of the war in Iberia. It aims to provide more detail and understanding of a relatively little known part of a war that helped to shape and strengthened Britain's position amongst the main European players. Several chapters look at the national contingents that made up the confederate armies fighting in Spain and Portugal. The work concentrates not only on the reasonably well known British contribution but also on the equally important role of the less well known Austrian, Dutch, Palatine, Portuguese and Spanish contingents. These chapters provide general information about the units involved, their organization, tactics and other relevant detail. In other chapters the work concentrates in detail on the developments in the Spanish and Portuguese campaigns in each year of the war. Details of the composition of the armies in each campaign, their activities and battles, the size of the units, if known, in each year are provided. Attention is paid not only to the most famous engagement at Almanza but also to the other battles and skirmishes of the Iberian campaigns. The book provides a complete guide to the forces fighting in Marlborough's armies in Iberia. It will be a valuable addition to the library of both the casual reader and the serious history student with interest in this important part of British and European history. It not only offers for the first time an overview of all the contributions to the war effort in Iberia, but also presents the reader with a valuable contrast not only to Marlborough's campaigns of the time, but also perhaps to Wellington's later campaign.
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Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)
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Total Pages : 524 pages
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Author : René Chartrand
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1846035457
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Vimeiro 1808 written by René Chartrand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully illustrated exploration of the British fight against Junot's forces occupying Portugal. On 2 August 1808 a British army of 14,000 men began landing north of Lisbon under the command of Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington. They were coming to assist the Portuguese, Britain's oldest ally, to liberate their country from its French occupiers. Within a month Wellesley was to win two victories over the French at the battles of Roliça and Vimeiro. General Andoche Junot, the French commander, was forced to surrender and evacuate Portugal. Alongside contemporary artwork and full-colour maps, René Chartrand examines the first of Wellesley's string of victories in the Peninsular War.
Author : B.H. Blackwell Ltd
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Total Pages : 1478 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book B.H. Blackwell written by B.H. Blackwell Ltd and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain). Library
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Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Royal United Service Institution written by Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain). Library and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : S. Leigh Sotheby & Co. (London)
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Total Pages : 210 pages
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Download or read book Auction catalogue, books of Robert Southey, 8 to 25 May 1844 written by S. Leigh Sotheby & Co. (London) and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marcus de la Poer Beresford
Publisher : Merrion Press
ISBN 13 : 178855034X
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (885 download)
Download or read book Marshal William Carr Beresford written by Marcus de la Poer Beresford and published by Merrion Press. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite a propensity toward fierce criticism of his generals, with great regard the Duke of Wellington referred to William Carr Beresford as 'the ablest man I have yet seen in the army'. Marshal William Carr Beresford is the story of a celebrated and distinguished Irishman, honoured and decorated by the governments of Great Britain, Portugal and Spain, who served as Commander in Chief of the Portuguese army for eleven years. The book follows the trajectory of Beresford's extensive military career. Born the illegitimate son of the 1st Marquis of Waterford, Beresford joined the British army in 1785, serving in the Mediterranean, Egypt, South Africa and South America, before further distinguishing himself - and meeting Wellington's redoubtable esteem - as Marshal of the Portuguese forces during the Peninsular War. Sent to Portugal to rebuild its army in the fight against Napoleon, Beresford was so successful that Wellington integrated the Portuguese and British armed forces in that struggle. Beresford is revealed as a trusted friend and confidant of Wellington, a relationship that was to endure for the rest of their lives. Their ability to work together led to Beresford's appointment as Master General of Ordinance in Wellington's government of 1828. This is the remarkable story of one of the most celebrated and decorated Irish soldiers ever to fight in overseas service, and who was considered in all opinion as the Duke of Wellington's 'strong right arm'. Despite being fiercely critical of his generals, Wellington described Beresford as 'the ablest man in the army' and relied heavily on his Irish-born commander. Marshal Sir William Carr Beresford was the illegitimate son of the 1st Marquis of Waterford and rose to the rank of General in the British army and Marshal to the Portuguese forces during the Peninsular War. Sent to Portugal to rebuild its demoralised forces against Napoleon, Beresford was so successful that Wellington combined the Portuguese and British regiments and positioned Beresford as commander-in-chief. Their friendship and trust are revealed in their correspondence, which shows them not only writing to each other almost daily but meeting regularly to discuss strategy or to socialise. It was an amicable and supportive relationship that continued for the rest of their lives, leading to Beresford's appointment as Master General of Ordinance in Wellington's first government in 1828.
Author : Joshua Moon
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806186100
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Wellington's Two-Front War written by Joshua Moon and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Arthur Wellesley's 1808–1814 campaigns against Napoleon's forces in the Iberian Peninsula have drawn the attention of scholars and soldiers for two centuries. Yet, until now, no study has focused on the problems that Wellesley, later known as the Duke of Wellington, encountered on the home front before his eventual triumph beyond the Pyrenees. In Wellington's Two-Front War, Joshua Moon not only surveys Wellington's command of British forces against the French but also describes the battles Wellington fought in England—with an archaic military command structure, bureaucracy, and fickle public opinion. In this detailed and accessible account, Moon traces Wellington's command of British forces during the six years of warfare against the French. Almost immediately upon landing in Portugal in 1808, Wellington was hampered by his government's struggle to plan a strategy for victory. From that point on, Moon argues, the military's outdated promotion system, political maneuvering, and bureaucratic inertia—all subject to public opinion and a hostile press—thwarted Wellington's efforts, almost costing him the victory. Drawing on archival sources in the United Kingdom and at the United States Military Academy, Moon goes well beyond detailing military operations to delve into the larger effects of domestic policies, bureaucracy, and coalition building on strategy. Ultimately, Moon shows, the second front of Wellington's "two-front war" was as difficult as the better-known struggle against Napoleon's troops and harsh conditions abroad. As this book demonstrates, it was only through strategic vision and relentless determination that Wellington attained the hard-fought victory. Moon's multifaceted examination of the commander and his frustrations offers valuable insight into the complexities of fighting faraway battles under the scrutiny at home of government agencies and the press—issues still relevant today.
Author : Michael Glover
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ISBN 13 : 9780141390413
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)
Download or read book The Peninsular War, 1807-1814 written by Michael Glover and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a fascinating insight into 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 at that time.
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Total Pages : 1016 pages
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Download or read book The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward J Coss
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806185457
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book All for the King's Shilling written by Edward J Coss and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British troops who fought so successfully under the Duke of Wellington during his Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon have long been branded by the duke’s own words—“scum of the earth”—and assumed to have been society’s ne’er-do-wells or criminals who enlisted to escape justice. Now Edward J. Coss shows to the contrary that most of these redcoats were respectable laborers and tradesmen and that it was mainly their working-class status that prompted the duke’s derision. Driven into the army by unemployment in the wake of Britain’s industrial revolution, they confronted wartime hardship with ethical values and became formidable soldiers in the bargain These men depended on the king’s shilling for survival, yet pay was erratic and provisions were scant. Fed worse even than sixteenth-century Spanish galley slaves, they often marched for days without adequate food; and if during the campaign they did steal from Portuguese and Spanish civilians, the theft was attributable not to any criminal leanings but to hunger and the paltry rations provided by the army. Coss draws on a comprehensive database on British soldiers as well as first-person accounts of Peninsular War participants to offer a better understanding of their backgrounds and daily lives. He describes how these neglected and abused soldiers came to rely increasingly on the emotional and physical support of comrades and developed their own moral and behavioral code. Their cohesiveness, Coss argues, was a major factor in their legendary triumphs over Napoleon’s battle-hardened troops. The first work to closely examine the social composition of Wellington’s rank and file through the lens of military psychology, All for the King’s Shilling transcends the Napoleonic battlefield to help explain the motivation and behavior of all soldiers under the stress of combat.
Author : Richard Priestley
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Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Bookseller's catalogues written by Richard Priestley and published by . This book was released on 1812 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Royal Institution of Great Britain. Library
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Total Pages : 960 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A New Classified Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, with Indexes of Authors and Subjects, and a List of Historical Pamphlets, Chronologically Arranged written by Royal Institution of Great Britain. Library and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
