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Download or read book Corunna 1809 written by Brian L. Kieran and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Brian Kieran has shed more light on Sir John Moore and his heroic retreat during 1808 -1809 through the Galicia Mountains in the middle of Winter to Corunna in Spain. The tragic events of the retreat are graphically described leading to the sombre death of Sir John Moore at the moment of Victory. The one British Army of the time escaped through their evacuation from Corunna from Napoleon and ultimately his Marshals. Moore's skilful campaign caused Napoleon to return to Paris as he could not bear the thought of being defeated or outrun by the More's military skill. Moore's death occurred at the height of the battle at Corunna and he was aware of the victory before he died a painful death. More's death gave rise to the composition of a number of poem's yet the most famous was written by an Irishman; in England it became a children's Memorial to a Great Man. "But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him." Moore could have been given no greater honour at that time when Soult ordered the firing of a salute of Cannon.
Book Synopsis Corunna 1809 by : Philip Haythornthwaite
Download or read book Corunna 1809 written by Philip Haythornthwaite and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully illustrated and detailed account of the retreat to Corunna, one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Late in 1808 Sir John Moore found himself virtually alone with his small British army deep inside Spain. The armies of his Spanish allies had been overwhelmed and he faced a victorious French force under the Emperor Napoleon. He had little option but to order a retreat to the port of Corunna. This became the most arduous of trials with armies traversing mountainous terrain over appalling roads in the depths of winter. Somehow Moore held his outnumbered, exhausted men together as they struggled to reach safety. Philip Haythornthwaite recounts how, finally, at Corunna, Moore's army turned to face its tormentors.
Book Synopsis March Of Death by : Christopher Summerville
Download or read book March Of Death written by Christopher Summerville and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the bitter winter of 1808, a small British force found itself outnumbered and outmanouevered by a French army led by none other than the emperor Napoleon. Faced with crushing defeat, the British, commanded by Sir John Moore, turned and began a legendary march through the snow and ice of northern Spain to freedom and escape. Napoleon, swearing that he would drive the British leopard into the sea, pursued and an epic was born.
Book Synopsis Napoleon's Peninsular War by : Paul L Dawson
Download or read book Napoleon's Peninsular War written by Paul L Dawson and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2020-12-02 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned historian captures the French experience of the Peninsular War through soldiers’ unpublished memoirs and eyewitness accounts. While much has been written about the British campaigns of the Peninsular War, surprisingly little has been published in English on their opponents, the French. Now, using previously unseen material from the French army archives in Paris, Paul Dawson tells the story of the early years of the Peninsular War as never before. Eyewitness accounts of the Siege of Zaragoza and the Spanish defeats at Medellin and Ocaña are interspersed with details of campaign life and of struggling through the Galician mountains in pursuit of the British army. Dawson captures the perspectives of ordinary French soldiers and their beliefs about the war they were fighting for their Emperor. Napoleon’s Peninsular War is a vital and unprecedented addition to our understanding of the war in Iberia.
Book Synopsis Atlas to Alison's History of Europe by : Sir Archibald Alison
Download or read book Atlas to Alison's History of Europe written by Sir Archibald Alison and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of the Peninsular War by : Charles Oman
Download or read book A History of the Peninsular War written by Charles Oman and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bussaco 1810 written by René Chartrand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1810, Napoleon reigned supreme over most of continental Europe. But the Iberian Peninsula remained unsubdued, particularly Portugal, which continued to resist. Napoleon ordered Marshal Masséna to crush this resistance with the Army of Portugal. Greatly strengthened, Masséna's army would drive the Portuguese and British into the sea. Facing the French were 60,000 British and Portuguese troops. No-one knew how the Portuguese would perform in battle, but on 27 September 1810, they received their baptism of fire. This title details the gruelling Bussaco campaign as French attempts to subdue Portugal reached their climax.
Book Synopsis The Rifle Brigade Chronicle by : Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
Download or read book The Rifle Brigade Chronicle written by Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The 43rd & 52nd Light Infantry Chronicle, 1894 by : Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman
Download or read book The 43rd & 52nd Light Infantry Chronicle, 1894 written by Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Waterloo Letters by : Herbert Taylor Siborne
Download or read book Waterloo Letters written by Herbert Taylor Siborne and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Øjenvidneskildringer af slaget ved Waterloo, juni 1815, hvor de engelsk-allierede styrker under Wellington endeligt besejrede Napoleon og den franske armee. Beskrevet ud fra breve, hidtil ikke offentliggjorte, som er samlet og udvalgt af Major-General H.T. Siborne og "illustrated with numerous maps and plans". OBS Bogen udkom i 1895. Der er siden kommet nyt materiale frem, som kaster nogen tvivl om de først publiserede Siborne-letters - ikke om ægtheden men om selve udvælgelsen - og undertrykkelsen - af nogle af brevene.
Book Synopsis The Recollections of Rifleman Harris by : Benjamin Randell Harris
Download or read book The Recollections of Rifleman Harris written by Benjamin Randell Harris and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Describing narrow squeaks and terrible deprivations, Harris's unflowery account of fortitude and resilience in Spain still bristles with a freshness and an invigorating spikiness' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'A most vivid record of the war in Spain and Portugal against Napoleon' MAIL ON SUNDAY Benjamin Harris was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the dashing 95th Rifles. His battalion was ordered to Portugal, where he marched under the burning sun, weighed down by his kit and great-coat, plus all the tools and leather he had to carry as the battalion's cobbler - 'the lapstone I took the liberty of flinging to the Devil'. Rifleman Harris was a natural story-teller with a remarkable tale to unfold, and his Recollections have become one of the most popular military books of all time.
Book Synopsis Wellington's Men Remembered Volume 2 by : Janet Bromley
Download or read book Wellington's Men Remembered Volume 2 written by Janet Bromley and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wellington's Men Remembered is a reference work which has been compiled on behalf of the Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee and contains over 3,000 memorials to soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo between 1808 and 1815, together with 150 battlefield and regimental memorials in 24 countries worldwide.?
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Download or read book The Rifle Brigade Chronicle for ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of the French Revolution by : John James McGregor
Download or read book History of the French Revolution written by John James McGregor and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Lines of Torres Vedras by : John Grehan
Download or read book The Lines of Torres Vedras written by John Grehan and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is a well-researched, well-written, closely argued and fascinating contribution to the historiography of the Peninsular War.”—The Spectator In 1809 French armies controlled almost every province of Spain and only Wellington’s small force in Portugal stood between Napoleon and the conquest of Iberia. The French invaded Portugal in the summer of 1810, but found their way blocked by the most extensive field fortifications the world had ever seen—the Lines of Torres Vedras. Unable to penetrate the Lines, the French were driven back into Spain having suffered the heaviest defeat yet experienced by Napoleon’s armies. The retreat from Portugal marked the turning point in the Peninsular War and, from the security of the Lines, Wellington was able to mount the offensive campaigns that swept France’s Imperial armies back across the Pyrenees. The Lines of Torres Vedras is an authoritative account of the planning, construction and occupation of the Lines and of the battles, sieges and horrors of the French invasion. It is also an important study of Wellington’s strategy during the crucial years of the war against Napoleon. “Essential reading for every Peninsula enthusiast, this is recommended highly.”—Military Illustrated
Book Synopsis Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1815 by : Henry Morse Stephens
Download or read book Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1815 written by Henry Morse Stephens and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Library of the Royal United Service Institution, (to April 30th, 1889.) by : Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain). Library
Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Royal United Service Institution, (to April 30th, 1889.) written by Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain). Library and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
